What is PTSD?

WHAT IS PTSD? POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, A SEVERE ANXIETY DISORDER THAT DEVELOPS FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO EXTREME PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA. THROUGHOUT HISTORY, PTSD HAS ALSO BEEN KNOWN AS RAILWAY SPINE, STRESS SYNDROME, SHELL SHOCK, BATTLE FATIGUE AND TRAUMATIC WAR NEUROSIS. ABOUT 5.2 MILLION ADULTS SUFFER FROM PTSD DURING A GIVEN YEAR. ABOUT 10% OF WOMEN DEVELOP PTSD SOMETIME IN THEIR LIVES, COMPARED WITH ONLY 5% OF MEN. ABOUT 7-8% OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WILL HAVE PTSD AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES. ABOUT 30% oF WHAT IS A TRAUMATIC EVENT? VIETNAM VETERANS EXPERIENCE PTSD. ABOUT 10% OF WITNESSING DEATH OR INJURY GULF WAR (DESERT STORM) VETERANS EXPERIENCE PTSD, PHYSICAL ASSAULT COMBAT ABOUT 11-20% OF VETERANS OF THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WARS EXPERIENCE PTSD. SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCIDENTS NATURAL DISASTER NOTE OE ÎNTEREST CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE A 2008 STUDY ESTIMATED THAT 300,000 U.S. SOLDIERS WOULD RETURN FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SUFFERING FROM PTSD - AND TOO FEW WHAT ARE SYMPIOMS OF PTSD? WOULD RECEIVE TREATMENT, NUMBNESS GUILT ANGER BAD MEMORY HOPELESSNESS SELF-DESTRUCTION NIGHTMARES NO FOCUS SHAME INSOMNIA HALLUCINATIONS FLASHBACKS NOTE OF INTEREST WHAT CAUSES ONE OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTIONS OF PTSD WAS MADE IN 490 BC, WHEN HERODOTUS DESCRIBED AN PTSD? ATHENIAN SOLDIER GOING BLIND AFTER WITNESSING THE DEATH OF A FELLOW SOLDIER. DIRECT EXPOSURE TO TRAUMA AS A VICTIM OR WITNESS. HOW IS PTSD TREATED? | SERIOUS HARM DURINGA TRAUMATIC EVENT FEELING HELPLESS DURINGA TRAUMATIC EVENT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MEDICATION FOR PTSD BUT PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS. I BELIEF THAT YOU OR A CLOSE RELATIVE WERE IN DANGER • THE MOST COMMON TREATMENT IS COUN- SELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY OFTEN PRO- VIDED BY A SOCIAL WORKER. DURING A TRAUMATIC EVENT. SOCIAL WORKERS HELP THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM PTSD ADDRESS THEIR FEELINGS AND | EXPERIENCING A TRAUMA THAT | WAS LONG LASTING OR VERY SEVERE GUIDE THEM TO FURTHER RESOURCES. USC SOURCES Lgovfibrarymentalhealthchapteraheca wwwmayodinic.com/heath/post-traumatic stress-disorder www.ptsdagovpublicpages/howcommonis-ptidap wwwnaorslarcve/The Veteran/acos.oyleature HstoryISphtm protomazcomlessetstsdtimelinecenturies oltrau SCHOOL OF design by francesca greggs A lemonwood design. SOCIAL WORK