Literature Review: Ptsd in the Inner City

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Literature Review: Why education on PTSD is important in the inner city Kenya McGruder Regis University Literature Review: Why education on PTSD is important in the inner city When one thinks of Post -Traumatic Stress Syndrome the second thought is typically war veterans. PTSD is often associated with those who have fought in gruesome wars and have suffered trauma mentally or physically. However there is a demographic often overlooked when it comes to research or treatment for this disorder, our inner city youth. From a young age our inner city youth are exposed to community violence that rears the same psychological disorder as war veterans at a more alarming rate, but with less than half the resources or treatment. To better understand the needs of this demographic one must understand the problem within the community. This paper is to show the need for education on PTSD in the inner city and how it can benefit residents in lower socioeconomic communities. Definitions of Post -Traumatic Stress Syndrome Post- Traumatic Stress Syndrome coined as “Shell Shock” in the post- Civil War era has always been the term used for veterans returning from war. Essentially PTSD is a mental health anxiety disorder that is triggered by terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experiences. In addition, those who undergo or encounter prolonged exposure to a series of traumatic instances and long lasting unnatural functions of emotional and social occurences tend to develop a more complicated form of PTSD called C-PTSD or Complex Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Individuals who suffer from PTSD tend to re-experience the traumatic event or events in some way and because of this they attempt to avoid certain places, people related to the incident and things that remind them of the event. PTSD sufferers are also extremely sensitive to normal life

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