PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Table of Contents

Introduction3

Causes3

Symptoms3

Re-experiencing the traumatic event4

Avoiding reminders of the trauma4

Increased anxiety and emotional arousal4

Treatment4

Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy5

Family therapy5

Medication5

Other treatments6

Conclusion6

References7

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Introduction

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a problem which develops when someone goes through a tragedy in his or her life. This tragedy can be any event that links them with it. These life threatening events can be floods, earthquakes, war, crime, rape, abuse, accidents, lose of life or anything which is not pleasant. For the development of post-trauma stress disorder, it is not necessary for the patient to experience these events directly. Any person might develop this disorder after observing someone else in a life-threatening situation, or even after hearing about someone else's tragedy (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).

Causes

When the person goes through any event that causes intense fear leads to post-traumatic stress disorder. If the individual is already suffering from anxiety and depression, there are more chances of leading towards post-traumatic stress disorder (Glenn, 2009). As mentioned above these events can be directly or indirectly linked with them. If the individual goes through any trauma in his or her childhood, he or she also have chances of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as they move on their lives.

Symptoms

Symptoms of post-trauma stress disorder can arise when someone goes through the same tragedy or life-threatening event again. There are three main symptoms of post-trauma stress disorder.

Re-experiencing the traumatic event

When the person feels that he or she is facing the same incident again, it makes him or her go into depression. Then due to this depression the patient faces flashbacks of any event that is he, or she thinks that the same tragedy is happening again with them (Tull, 2009). They even have nightmares regarding the trauma. They also feel intense distress they think of that tragedy.

Avoiding reminders of the trauma

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