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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 ABOUT 10% OF WOMEN DEVELOP PTSD SOMETIME IN THEIR LIVES, COMPARED WITH ONLY 5% OF MEN. GIVEN YEAR. ABOUT 7-8% OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WILL HAVE PTSD AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES. ABOUT 30% OF VIETNAM VETERANS WHAT IS A TRAUMATIC EVENT? 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 SEXUAL ASSAULT AND AFGHANISTAN WARS EXPERIENCE PTSD. ACCIDENTS NATURAL DISASTER 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 | SERIOUS HARM DURING A TRAUMATIC EVENT, PTSD TREATED? FEELING HELPLESS DURING A TRAUMATIC EVENT, • THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MEDICATION FOR PTSD BUT PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE SYMPTOMSS. BELIEF THAT YOU OR A CLOSE • THE MOST COMMON TREATMENT IS COUN- RELATIVE WERE IN DANGER SELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY OFTEN PRO- DURING A TRAUMATIC EVENT, VIDED BY A SOCIAL WORKER. SOCIAL WORKERS HELP THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM PTSD ADDRESS THEIR FEELINGS AND GUIDE THEM TO FURTHER RESOURCES. EXPERIENCING A TRAUMA THAT WAS LONG LASTING OR VERY SEVERE. USC SOURCES www.surgeorgeneralgowibrarymentalhealth/chapteraheca.himl wwwmayodiric.com/heath/post traumatic stress disorder wwwptsdvagov/public/pages/how-commonispted.asp wwwva org/archive/ The Vateran/2oos,ayfeature HitoryPTSDhim protomag.com/assets/ptsd-timeline conturies-of trauma wwwnamiorg SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK design by francesca greggs & lemonwood design.

What is PTSD?

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This infographic provides information for Post Traumatic Stress syndrome. It explains exactly what PTSD, what the causes of PTSD are, what are its symptoms and how it's treated.

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