Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Introduction

Posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD is classified as a psychological disorder in the group of disorders of anxiety, which occurs as a result of exposure to a traumatic event that involves physical harm. Is a severe emotional reaction to psychological trauma end? The stressor may involve someone's death, a threat to the patient's life or someone else, serious physical harm, or some other threat to physical or psychological, to a degree that mental defenses the person cannot assimilate. In some cases, may also occur due to a deep psychological or emotional trauma, not necessarily physical harm, but usually involves both factors combined. If a mother or father is affected (o), PTSD can lead to negative consequences for parent-child relationship and child development (Fullerton & Ursano, 2004).

Classification of the Disorder

To make the diagnosis of PTSD based on the criteria of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revised requires the following:

The person has been exposed to a traumatic event which has submitted the following:

the person experienced, witnessed or was confronted with one or more events characterized by death or threats to their physical integrity or that of others

The person's response involved fear, helplessness or horror intense. In children this may be expressed by disorganized or agitated behavior

The traumatic event is persistently re-experienced through one or more of the following ways:

Recollections of the event recurrent and intrusive distressing that include images, thoughts or perceptions. In young children this can be expressed in repeated games occur in which themes or aspects of the trauma (Foa et al, 2000).

Recurring dreams about the event. In children can be frightening dreams without recognizable content.

Acting or has the feeling that the traumatic event is happening. It includes the feeling of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations and flashbacks. Young children can reenact ...