Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
...e. No one really knew what to call this disorder. How can they name something which they really do not know anything about? The American Psychiatric Association finally came up with a name to go along with this condition that so many soldiers and marines seem to be developing through going to war. They named the mental problem, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a complex health condition which can develop in response to a traumatic experience. It could be from a life-threatening or extremely distressing situation that causes a person to feel intense fear, horror or a sense of helplessness. When a marine or a soldier goes to war, they experience many things such as being frightened, fear their death is inedible, and that they are helpless. When a person is put into a situation with this many bad feelings, they might develop any sort of mental problem. The most common one to receive is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A person could develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder through many different events which could take place in the person’s life. The person could have been exposed to a traumatic event in which the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event which involved actual or threatened serious injury or even death. If the traumatic experience was a threat to their physical body or to another person’s. Also, another event could be when the person’s response involved intense fear. The traumatic event is persistently experienced with a regular or repeated disturbing and distressing recollection of the events. These may include images, thoughts, or even perceptions. Also it could be with reencounters of distressing dreams of the event. Another thing could be acting or feeling as if the traumatic event was to be returning. This could include a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and possibly with flashback episodes. The flashbacks could be anytime even when a person is awake or when the person is intoxicated. Intense psychological distress when exposure to symbols that resemble an aspect of the traumatic event could have been caused by the post traumatic stress disorder. There are some symptoms to look out for when dealing with this mental problem. One symptom is the person has a hard time falling asleep or even staying asleep. Also, if the person is very irritable or continuous outburst of anger for no reason at all could be a symptom. The person could have difficulty concentrating or even a person with much caution to everything that comes into play in their life. The person could also have exaggerated startle response. The person who could possibly have the disorder needs to show these symptoms for at least a month to become a valid symptom. If the symptoms are shown through less than three months then it becomes an acute form of the disorder. It the symptoms are longer than three then the problem becomes chronic. Esther Schrader talks about in her essay the treatments for this disorder. There are a number of effective treatment options for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Treatment can involve psychotherapy, medication or a combination of both. Psychotherapy would consist of psychotherapeutic or counseling methods such as cognitive behavior therapy, including exposure and anxiety management treatments, are effective in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Effective psychotherapy usually involves helping the survivor learn skills to manage symptoms and to develop ways of...