He and his fellow soldiers encounter many physical and mental problems while transitioning back from combat into our environment. Our soldiers have not been receiving the medical attention they deserve and need to cure PTSD. Due to the lack of knowledge that care is available to members serving, the numbers of military related suicides are rising. Through care groups, self-seeking advancements and psychological analysis studies soldiers can overcome PTSD or avoid it completely. PTSD is medically defined as an anxiety disorder that can occur after going through a traumatic event.
Treating War’s Toll on the Mind Response Paper – By Aisha Pitt 03/12/2010 In reading this article written by Betsy Streisand it is apparent that thousands of soldiers suffer from Post Traumatic Stress disorder during and after combat. When they suffer from being traumatized during the war, and when they are still in combat, little help is made available to the soldiers and they are soon pushed back into the war before they have the chance to fully heal. When a soldier returns home with PTSD they have the inability to turn the switch from soldier to a regular citizen. They can return with depression and anxiety because they can feel like there is a complete lack of safety for them and their family. Soldiers have a hard time integrating
Agoraphobia by definition in the DSM-IV-TR represents the fear of being unable to escape from a situation or place. Agoraphobia symptoms also include excessive worry about having a panic attack in a public place. Commonly feared places and situations are elevators, sporting events, bridges, public transportation, shopping malls, airplanes, crowds or lines of people according to the Mayo Clinic. Such as the fear of driving a car due to the anticipation of having an attack could lead to agoraphobia. Persons suffering from Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia often become homebound in severe cases.
Suffering and pain, relationships and risk are major themes in Five Parts Dead and almost always explored in contemporary adolescent fiction novels because they are common topics that young adults encounter in their everyday lives. Suffering and pain occurs when you have a bad experience and hurt either physically or mentally as a result of it. There are many possible bad experiences that could result in suffering and pain, for example, in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Choosby, the main character, Charlie experiences mental pain as a result of depression, his best friend's suicide and the memory of abuse, he says, 'there is so much pain and I don't know how to not notice it'. While Dan on the other hand in Five Parts Dead, suffers from both mental and physical pain from the car accident. Dan broke his leg in the accident and he feels 'like roofing nails are being belted into my busted foot', while he suffers mentally because he lost three of his best mates.
The effect of PTSD can be very extensive. PTSD is a debilitating disorder, and its symptoms have a negative impact on a numerous areas of everyday life. In particular, PTSD negatively affects a person's mental health, physical health, work, and relationships. Post-traumatic is more then merely a stress disorder, PTSD is an anxiety disorder that a person may develop after experiencing extreme or overwhelming traumatic events. More specifically, the trauma is more overwhelmingly powerful when they witnesses and event in which another person may have been killed, seriously injured or threatened.
Explain the concepts of loss in relation to acquired brain injury for individuals and carers The care that is given to an individual with an acquired brain injury is crucial. It can be a major stress factor for close family members as well as the individual as life has to change completely. Some brain injury suffers have symptoms which may be temporary or long-term but cannot be determined when the individual first has the brain injury. Vast ranges of emotions will be experienced by all concerned. The individual concerned will often be termed as ‘not being the same person they were’.
University of Phoenix Material Ethical Dilemma Worksheet Incident Review |What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly. | |The husband is being charged with his third DUII and is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and has regressed to the age | |of a 10 year old and any length of imprisonment could result in further regression. The PTSD could cause violent outburst or worse | |if kept in jail for too long. Even the few days he has been there could have caused more damage.
Also, his partner of 13 years has committed adultery and thus they divorced after 13years of marriage. This is a life changing event for Hubert that has contributed to the stress he is now experiencing. As well as this, Hubert may also suffer from stress as he works in a printing factory doing different shifts each week; such as weekends, evenings and nights. In addition, there could be many potential effects on Hubert’s body, due to the stress he is experiencing. For example, the stress could be having a negative effect on his immune system.
Also if the person is hospitalised or needs surgery, poisoned from wrong medication, shock and disbelief. If someone is being physically abused then the effects are going to be mainly physical, such as bruising and cuts. There are also Long term effects. Abuse is a major source of stress and can have long-term effects on the health and well-being of older adults. The stress of abuse could trigger chest pain or angina, and may be a factor in other serious heart problems.
He was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder. He also had issues with substance abuse as well as lack of commitment to long term relationships and employment. Throughout his twenties Mr. X struggled with self mutilation and suicidal behaviors. After briefly being hospitalized , he was diagnosed with several diagnosis including: major depressive disorder, Bipolar 2 disorder, major depressive episodes, substance abuse mood disorder, poly substance dependence, and personality disorder. One month before Mr. X murdered the clerk, he had a session at an outpatient treatment center.