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Ecstacy cure for post traumatic stress disorder
2008-04-27 18:14:00 We’ve all heard about the club drug, ecstacy. We’ve heard the fun, euphoric side as well as the deadly side, but I’ve never heard that it could be used to cure post traumatic stress. I was doing my daily news reads and came across this interesting article claiming that ecstacy could be the cure to ...
Major depression and post traumatic stress disorder suffered by 20% of US t
2008-04-19 01:21:00 A new and alarming study was released today by The Rand Corporation about the mental health of our brave U.S. troops serving in Iraqi and Afghanistan:Roughly one in five U.S. troops is suffering from major depression or post-traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an equal number have suffered brain injuries, a new study estimates. Only about half of them have sought treatment, says the study released Thursday by the Rand Corp. "There is a major health crisis facing those men and women who have served our nation in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Terri Tanielian, the project's co-leader and a researcher at the non-profit Rand. "Unless they receive appropriate and effective care for these mental health conditions, there will be long-term consequences for them and for the nation," she said in a statement. The 500-page study is the first large-scale, private assessment of its kind — including a survey of 1,965 service members across the country, from...
How A Man Can Get Help For His Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
2008-03-13 00:00:00 It is not easy for men to deal with their post-traumatic stress disorder and their fears, however there is hope. The first step is that you should talk to a professional who can get you started in the right path of getting better. Getting professional help for post-traumatic stress disorder is very important. In addition, ...
Has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Affected John McCain?
2008-02-23 23:34:00 Listening to John McCain one would have to seriously consider what effects his imprisonment did to his thinking. This man looks unstable. He seems to enjoy what he is saying about war and he has little with which to base his rhetoric. 935 lies from the Bush administration led to the Iraq war, per the Center for Public Integrity. Why would McCain say Iraq was a good war and will have more of them? “We’re going to have a lot of PTSD to treat my friends”. Perhaps we should start with McCain.
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10 Ways To Manage Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2008-01-03 04:14:00 10 Ways to Cope with Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a very debilitating disorder. In fact, many cases of PTSD require post traumatic stress disorder treatment at a PTSD treatment center. Symptoms of this condition include sleep loss, excessive worry, drug abuse (which may lead to drug rehab), ...
Some brain wounds cut likelihood of post-traumatic stress disorder
2007-12-25 21:02:00 A new study of combat-exposed Vietnam War veterans shows that those with injuries to certain parts of the brain were less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The findings, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Naval Medical Center, suggest that drugs or pacemaker-like devices aimed at dampening activity in these brain regions might be effective treatments for PTSD. PTSD involves the persistent reliving of a traumatic experience through nightmares and flashbacks that may seem real. Twenty percent to 30 percent of Vietnam vets (more than 1 million) have been diagnosed with PTSD, and a similar rate has been reported among Hurricane Katrina survivors in New Orleans. Public health officials are currently tracking the disorder among soldiers returning from Iraq. Yet, while war and natural disasters tend to call the greatest attention to PTSD, it's estimated that millions of Americans suffer from it as a result of assault, rape, child abuse, ca...
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Why Military Sexual Trauma May Cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2007-12-12 22:48:00 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & Military Sexual Trauma Military sexual trauma (MST) takes place when sexual abuse, whether it is verbal or physical, takes place among men and women of the military. Out of all the women who claim to have experienced this sexual trauma in the military, 40 to 60% developed post traumatic stress disorder ...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Methods Of Recovery
2007-12-01 02:38:00 Seven Ways You Can Treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a problem which arises after someone has been through a traumatic experience. This experience can range from sexual abuse, to a natural disaster, war, or a car crash. PTSD symptoms typically begin within a few months after a traumatic experience but ...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
2007-11-18 00:00:00 WHAT IS PTSD? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops after a terrifying ...
When Post Traumatic Stress Disorder becomes your own fault
2007-08-20 16:33:00 Treating the trauma of war ? fairly - Yahoo! News: The US is doing what warring countries have done since the First World War, changing the definition of what 'Shell Shock' or 'Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' (PTSD) means. In this article Treating the trauma of war ? fairly we learn that the US military is trying to wiggle out of long-term costs by taking the blame from war and placing it on the soldier: The military, however, has changed the terms and given many thousands of enlisted men and women a new diagnosis: "personality disorder." While the government would be obliged to care for veterans suffering from combat-related trauma, a personality disorder ? defined as an ingrained, maladaptive way of orienting oneself to the world ? predates a soldier's tour of duty (read: preexisting condition). This absolves Uncle Sam of any responsibility for the person's mental suffering. The new diagnostic label sends the message: This suffering is your fault, not a result of the war. On...
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Sometimes Even the Experts Lack Common Sense
2007-07-20 20:29:00 I think it's probably a human trait that we seek the simplest solution to a problem even when more complex and proven methods are well known. Even scientists seem to do this, even in their area of study! Our culture seems to have decided thousands of years ago that negative emotions are bad and should be avoided. Everywhere in the psychological literature is examples of researchers seeking to find ways to help people avoid psychological pain. Has it occurred to anyone that psychological pain has a purpose? For those of us that believe we evolved to be human beings, we have to assume that most attributes that make us human in some way enhance our survival, or that trait would have been selected out of the gene pool. Negative emotions help us. I make that assumption and help people make sense out of their misery, rather than find ways to avoid it. Misery is the single most powerful motivation for change. Here is a good example. Surviving a traumatic event involves recurring "flas...
By: Dare To Dream
We Can Remember it for You Wholesale Post-traumatic stress disorder
2007-07-09 02:54:00 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that some people develop after seeing or living through an event that caused or threatened serious harm or death. Symptoms include flashbacks or bad dreams, emotional numbness, intense guilt or worry, angry outbursts, feeling ?on edge,? or avoiding thoughts and situations that remind them of the trauma.In PTSD, these symptoms last at least one month.Currently, many scientists are focusing on genes that play a role in creating fear memories. Understanding how fear memories are created may help to refine or find new interventions for reducing the symptoms of PTSD. For example, PTSD researchers have pinpointed genes that make:Stathmin, a protein needed to form fear memories. In one study, mice that did not make stathmin were less likely than normal mice to ?freeze,? a natural, protective response to danger, after being exposed to a fearful experience. They also showed less innate fear by exploring open spaces more willingly t...
War?s Wounds ? The Post Traumatic Stress Disordered Soldier
2007-05-25 23:17:00 By Carol Bogart When I first became friendly with a 59-year-old Vietnam vet who told me he has PTSD, I drew a blank. “`PTSD’? What’s that?” I wondered. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he explained. “Ohhh. THAT.” That I knew. Or so I thought. Years earlier, a psychologist told me rape victims frequently suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Makes ...
NCP Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2007-05-14 10:23:00 DSM-IV 309.81 Posttraumatic stress disorder (specify acute, chronic, or delayed onset) 308.3 Acute stress disorder An anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to a traumatic event in which the individual has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involve actual or threatened death/serious injury or a threat to the physical integrity of the self or others. The individual’s response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror. (A thorough physical examination should be done to rule out neurological organic problems.) Additionally, a newly recognized phenomenon is the development of PTSD-like symptoms in some individuals who have been involved over a long period of time in the treatment of (or living with) clients with PTSD. ETIOLOGICAL THEORIES Psychodynamics The client’s ego has experienced a severe trauma, often perceived as a threat to physical integrity or self-concept. This results in severe anxiety, which is not controlled adequately...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2007-05-05 17:42:00 Even though it’s currently difficult to post regularly, I’ve realised that I feel compelled to post something for each date that should have a post, even if I do so retrospectively or inadequately. I find the thought of discontinuing this rather impressive chain of tri-daily posts very unsettling. So…technically this is a post……
By: If I Was A Gecko
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
2007-04-17 18:16:00 What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that is triggered from an emotional experience. Many times, those who experience PTSD have endured an unbelievable experience, or have witnessed an event that leaves a negative imprint on their mind. In most cases, PTSD is triggered from a life-threatening event such as war, a natural disaster, accident, or hostage situation. PTSD does not affect everyone. There are individuals who have endured many terrible events throughout their life and do not display any lasting effects, whereas some may develop PTSD after a single life changing event. It is estimated that post-traumatic stress disorder affects 5 million adults in the United States.How Does Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Develop?Post-traumatic stress disorder may develop immediately following a traumatic experience, or not surface for many years after the event. In most cases, many begin to show signs of PTSD within days of an...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2007-04-04 19:17:00 Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderPost-traumatic stress disorder affects men and women all over the world. It is a psychiatric disorder that occurs after life-threatening, or violent events and prevents people from living happy and fulfilling lives. Once thought of as only a wartime disorder, it is now recognized that PTSD can affect anyone who has gone through a particularly traumatizing event. In fact, more than 5 million American men and women are currently affected by the disorder.What is PTSD?Post-traumatic stress disorder has been around for a long time. In fact, it was first recorded as Da Costa’s syndrome during the American Civil War. Usually associated with military service, PTSD is also called "shell shock" and "battle fatigue." But it doesn’t only affect war veterans - it can also affect civilian men, women, and children who have experienced particularly traumatic events.PTSD occurs after a distressing event, like war, terrorism, torture, natural disasters, accidents, vi...
Iraqi Troops Suicide Rate Highest Ever
2007-03-15 17:26:00 AlterNet has the best article I've seen in the media about PTSD and the Iraqi veterans. Unfortunately, the news is not good. The proportion of vets with PTSD is higher in this conflict than in any other previously monitored war. Suicide accounted for over 25 percent of all noncombat Army deaths in Iraq in 2006, that's double what it was in peace time and much higher than rates from Iraq War I and Vietnam. With the VA reporting inadequate resources to treat returning veterans, slow response to those most at risk for PTSD: the National Guard and Reserve troops, and the continuing stigma of mental illness are greatly exacerbating the problem. Female vets are returning home with PTSD due to sexual trauma, too often allegedly perpetrated by fellow American soldiers. There is some good news in all this. There is evidence that treatment is helpful to improving the quality of life of vets. Brief Cognitive Behavior Therapy can mitigate initial symptoms, but doesn't impact long-term prog...
By: Dare To Dream
Virtual war on post-traumatic stress disorder
2007-02-20 09:16:01 A screenshot of Full Spectrum Warrior the game Virtual Iraq is based onSan Francisco: Traumatised US soldiers are being treated for post-war psychological disorders by going out on patrol in a computer-generated ?virtual Iraq?.Skip Rizzo, a psychologist at the University of Southern California, USA, has helped create a program that simulates life in the war zone for soldiers suffering from conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The ground-breaking treatment allows soldiers to experience the sights, sounds and even the smells of a war-zone, courtesy of wrap-around goggles linked to a startlingly realistic virtual world.The idea is to re-introduce veterans to the experiences that have inflicted mental scars until gradually they are no longer haunted by the memories ? a long-established therapeutic technique known as ?exposure therapy?.?What we do is put somebody in a virtual war zone but at a level where there will be minimal anxiety,? Rizzo said. ?Eventually over th...
By: The Techno Fire
Trauma & Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)What is trauma
2007-01-15 06:20:01 Trauma & Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)What is trauma?Trauma involves exposure to a catastrophic event usually of a life threatening or seriously physically threatening nature. Traumatic events include experiences such as having witnessed violence, having been a victim of crime or violence, having lived through a natural disaster, having been a combatant or civilian in a war zone, having witnessed or having been a victim of a severe accident.Most mental health professionals have expanded the definition of trauma to include betrayal trauma. Betrayal trauma occurs when the people or institutions we depend on for survival violate us in some way. An example of betrayal trust is childhood physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. Please see our page on Surviving Childhood Abuse for information regarding this topic.People who have encountered traumatic events experience their distress at different times after the event. Some people may have immediate reactions, whereas others may not h...
Many Vets Suffering Recurance of PTSD
2006-08-30 05:00:00 Post traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder caused by experiencing intense trauma where life is threatened in terrifying ways. This disorder has life long consequences as I've talked about before. AP Wire reported on a former Senator who is a Vietnam vet who has had a recurence of PTSD because of repeated exposure to images of war in Iraq. Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, who has battled bouts of depression since losing three limbs in Vietnam, is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. Cleland, who represented Georgia in the Senate from 1997 to 2003, said he believes the condition - cases of which are increasing rapidly among Vietnam war veterans - was in part triggered by the ongoing violence in Iraq. "I realize my symptoms are avoidance, not wanting to connect with anything dealing with the (Iraq) war, tremendous sadness over the casualties that are taken, a real identification with that. ... I've tried to disconnect and disassociate from the media. I don't w...
By: Dare To Dream
New Orleans Mental Health Infrastructure Is Overwhelmed
2006-08-29 06:39:00 New Orleans was a social service nightmare before Katrina. It's mental health infrastructure was likely underfunded like many other inner city services. But the results of the devastating trauma of Katrina spawned flood, people are stressed beyond their ability to cope. Psychiatric beds have shrunk by 80% while many professionals have abandoned the city along with half it it's residents. It's often those without alternatives who are left to return, to conditions worse than they ever were. New Orleans needs licensed mental health professionals. Looking for meaningful work? Here is your opportunity. Newsweek ...the state-funded Central City Mental Health Center has chosen a more practical way to mark the anniversary of the nation?s biggest natural disaster?one that may well be the most fitting. Free testing for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will be conducted all day on Aug. 29, punctuated by a lunch at which overburdened staff members will reminisce abou...
By: Dare To Dream
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Is A Lifelong Disorder
2006-04-25 03:18:00 A study published in the Journal of American Psychiatry has confirmed what clinicians have known for a long time, PTSD is a lifelong disorder with a varying course across sufferers. Some have an acute onset, an immediate stress reaction that ebbs and exasserbates indefinitely. Some have no symptoms for many years, then triggered by witnessing another traumatic event, even from afar, symptoms overwhelm the individual. Many veterans of various wars were overcome by witnessing the 9/11 attacks on television, some showing symptoms for the first time. PTSD is a tragic aftermath of war and other trauma. Trauma survivors and our veterans need years of monitoring and professional assistance. Reuters At year 1, subjects in the combat stress reaction group had a 10.57-fold higher odds of meeting PTSD criteria than the comparison subjects. At years 2, 3 and 20, the odds were reduced to 5.15, 5.41, and 3.09, respectively. Those with a combat stress reaction also had significantly more PTSD ...
By: Dare To Dream
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Rape, and Sexual Abuse
1970-01-01 00:59:00 The estimated risk for rape survivors developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 49%. The risk for those beaten or experiencing physical assault is 31.9%, whil
Post-traumatic stress disorder, resilience and vulnerability
1970-01-01 00:59:00 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), recognised as a diagnostic entity in 1980, was originally associated with combat or war experiences. It has since been recognised that it is prevalent in any population exposed to traumatic events. Although much has been written about the management of PTSD, the concepts of resilience and vulnerability have not received the same attention. This article reviews the conceptualisation, epidemiology and comorbidities of PTSD and highlights the factors underlying vulnerability and conveying resilience. In the current geopolitical climate, political and social instabilities as well as natural and man-made calamities have been on the increase. Civil wars often result in atrocities, violence, forced migration and mass fatalities. Exposure to such events can lead to psychological strain and pathology. This pathology includes acute stress reaction, adjustment disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Of these, PTSD is associated with the high...
Genes could be linked to post-traumatic stress disorder
1970-01-01 00:59:00 Experts say about 8 percent of the general population will suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. The number gets much higher in the veteran population. How a person handles trauma - ranging from street crime to child abuse - may depend on their DNA. NECN?s Ally Donnelly explains. 24-year-old Kevin Lambert was in Iraq for 16 months. The now discharged army gunner has seen things in war he?ll never forget.
Getting Help For Your Fears And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It is not easy to deal with your fears, post-traumatic stress, or anxiety problems. The first step is that you should talk to a professional who can get you started in the right path of getting better. Getting professional help for post-traumatic stress disorder is very important. In addition, here are some techniques a person can use to help manage their fears and anxieties.
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