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PTSD (Post-traumatic stress
disorder)
Ricardo Torres
PTSD
• Disorder caused by a traumatic experience, in
which most patients that have jumpy anxiety,
nightmares, and makes it very difficult for
people with PTSD to return back their normal
lives
The Types of PTSD
• Acute. the duration of symptoms is less than
3 months.
• Chronic. the symptoms last 3 months or
longer.
• With Delayed Onset. least 6 months have
passed between the traumatic event and the
onset of the symptoms.
History of PTSD
• Prior to the Vietnam War PTSD was referred has
• “battle fatigue” soldiers who came down with it
after WWII
• “shell shock” for soldiers after WWI
• “soldier's heart” for soldiers who after the Civil
War.
• Sadly prior to Vietnam War PTSD was not taken
serious and as sign of weakness or cowardice
PTSD after Vietnam
• Vietnam’s gorilla warfare made many of
veterans who served that war have PTSD.
• Doctors during that time referred to it has
“post-Vietnam syndrome”
• The film industry helped with the awareness
of PTSD and how serious the problem was the
list of movies were “Apocalypse Now”, “The
Deer Hunter”, and “Born on the Fourth of July”
Etiology
• PTSD is unknown but there theorist strongly
believe that a predisposition is needed for the
symptom to develop after the traumatic
event.
What Causes PTSD (prevalence)
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Abuse
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Mental
Physical
Sexual
Verbal (i.e., sexual and/or violent content)
Catastrophe
– Harmful and fatal accidents
– Natural disasters
– Terrorism
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Violent attack
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Animal attack
Assault
Battery and domestic violence
Rape
War, battle, and combat
– Death
– Explosion
– Gunfire
PTSD
• 4/5 of patients with PTSD may develop Pain
Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
Social Phobia, Major Depression. It not fully
know the extent of this disorder it various on
many conditions.
• Increase in heart rate, sweat gland activity
PTSD aspects
• The essential feature of Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder is the development of characteristic
symptoms. The exposure to an extreme
traumatic stressor direct a personal
experience that involves actual or threatened
death or serious injury or witnessing an event
that involves death, injury or a threat to the
physical integrity of another person threat of
death or injury experienced by a family
member or other close friend/ally.
Treatment
• Benzodiazepine (psychoactive drug)
(moodchanger)
• Carbamazepine (anticonvulsant)
• valproic acid (mood stabilizing drug)
• Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (antidepressant)
• Getting over self blame/facing the fear
• Therapy
• Support from close friends and/or family.
Prognosis
• The meds and therapy halts some of the
symptoms (the outburst and yelling, rage, and
many other symptoms to list.)
• Most WWII & Holocaust veterans/survivor
after 30 to 40 years of the events in the late
1930’s to mid 1940’s have appeared to be over
their PTSD.
Clip From American Dad on PTSD
References
• Swierewski,s.2001/02/01. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Overview, Types
of PTSD. www.mentalheath.net/ptsd/index.shtml
Grinage.b.d. diagnosis and management of post traumatic stress disorder.
2003. American family physician. Vol. 68 issue no.12.
Bayse,g. 1998. prognosis.
www.campus.edu/orgs/psychology/ptsd/pronosis.htm
Halgin r.p. & whitbone s.k. (2005), abnormal psychology clinical properties on
psychotically disordered, New York. McGraw Hill
“The History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” retrieved from
http://www.psychiatric-disorders.com/articles/ptsd/causes-andhistory/history-of-ptsd.php