Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Sample Clauses

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Attachment Trauma & Its Sequelae Of all the possible real-life experiences touted by Xxxxxx and others as essential to understanding development, none are quite as striking as traumatic ones. Coming from the Greek word for ―wound‖ (Xxxxxxx English DictionaryCollins UK Staff, 2009), trauma, in everyday vernacular, can refer to a range of experiences that result in physical or emotional injury. The term‘s use in psychiatry first gained significance through Xxxxxx Xxxxx‘s (1889) book, L’automatisme psychologique, in which he explored how traumatic experiences can lead to psychopathology, especially severe dissociated states (xxx xxx Xxxx & xxx xxx Xxxx, 1989). In modern psychology, the DSM-IV-TR has defined trauma as occurring when an individual experiences ―intense fear, helplessness, or horror‖ in response to experiencing, witnessing, or confronting ―an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others‖ (APA, 2000, pp. 467-468). The National Comorbidity Survey, a large epidemiological study of the United States civilian population (N = 5877), found that 61% of men and 52% of women have experienced a trauma (Kessler, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, & Xxxxxx, 1995). Interviewers assessed trauma exposure by asking about 11 types of events that would count under the DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) criteria and by then adding a final open-ended question about ―any other terrible experience that most people never go through‖ (Xxxxxxx, et al., 1995, p. 1049). Of note, the DSM-III-R definition was more stringent than the current definition because it required an individual to experience ―an event that is outside the range of usual human experience and that would be markedly distressing to almost anyone‖ (APA, 1987, p. 250). Thus, rates of trauma exposure according to the newer definition may be even higher. Risk for trauma exposure is contingent on multiple social factors including demographics (e.g., gender, age), socio-economic status, and area of residence— particularly neighborhoods with violent activity and war-torn countries (e.g., Xxxxx et al., 2011; Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 2008; Xxxxxx et al., 2002). Reactions to trauma range from a number of normative stress responses to more impairing aftereffects related to potential traumatic brain injuries and/or severe emotional distress. Though traumatic experiences often lead to some temporary disruption in normal functioning, some individuals continue to ...
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. E. The anxiety, worry, or physical symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is a debilitating psychiatric disorder arising after a traumatic life event. PTSD severely reduces quality of life and may directly or indirectly lead to or exacerbate other psychiatric and medical problems. A complex biopsychosocial condition, PTSD is characterized by a combination of three types of symptoms:
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