Articles on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
What Causes It?
Most people have heard of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It
was the Vietnam War that really put PTSD on the psychological map of
the average person in the street. Veterans of that war became increasingly
vocal about the aftereffects of the war, not only physical, but psychological.
The disorder slowly became recognized, both by the health community
and the general public alike. It was given a name: Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder… (Read more)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Diagnostic Criteria
As we saw in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: What causes it?,
this condition is a relative newcomer to the list of registered psychological
disorders, yet it has existed under a variety of names, including "shell-shock",
since time began. It was first termed "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"
in 1980. But as far back as the 1600s, the great English diarist, Samuel
Pepys, described the Great Fire of London and documented symptoms in
the population of what we would now term PTSD… (Read
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Treatment Options
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an emotional disorder which
occurs after the experience of a physical trauma: commonly war, physical
assault (particularly rape), car accidents, natural catastrophes, and
even the unexpected death of a loved one. For the disorder to manifest
the victim of the event must feel intense fear and helplessness, coupled
with an expectancy of dying or being seriously injured themselves… (Read
more)
The Tsunami and Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD)
...December 26 brings the one year anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami
that killed over 300,000 people. The world responded generously to the
plight of those who inhabit the countries rimming the Indian Ocean;
from Indonesia, up through SE Asia across to India and Sri Lanka, and
as far west as Africa… (Read more)