Examples of PTSD in the following topics:
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- PTSD is believed to be caused by the experience of a traumatic event.
- Not everyone who experiences trauma will develop PTSD: according to the National Center for PTSD, approximately 20% of women and 8% of men who experience a traumatic event will develop PTSD.
- A variety of medications have shown adjunctive benefit in reducing PTSD symptoms; however, there is no clear drug treatment for PTSD.
- C-PTSD is distinct from, but similar to, PTSD; however, C-PTSD was not accepted by the American Psychiatric Association as a mental disorder in the DSM-5.
- C-PTSD is also characterized by attachment disorder, particularly the pervasive insecure, or disorganized-type attachment—elements that are not adequately described by the diagnosis of PTSD.
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- Women are more likely to experience more high impact trauma, and are also more likely to develop PTSD than men, although men who were active in combat have the same risk of developing PTSD as women.
- The DSM IV-TR criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as the following:
- While a variety of medications have shown to be beneficial in reducing PTSD symptoms, there is no clear drug treatment for PTSD.
- Many forms of psychotherapy have been advocated for trauma-related problems such as PTSD.
- CBT has been proven to be an effective treatment for PTSD and is currently considered the standard of care for PTSD by the United States Department of Defense.
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- One of the most serious ways that stress can impact psychological well-being is in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- PTSD is a severe condition that may develop after a person is exposed to extreme levels of stress related to one or more traumatic events, such as sexual assault, serious injury or the threat of death.
- Sufferers of PTSD are confronted with feelings of helplessness, fear, or horror when experiencing their traumatic event.
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- EMDR was originally developed to treat adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, it is also used to treat other conditions.
- EMDR is commonly used in the treatment of psychological trauma, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (C-PTSD).
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- The HPA is important to psychology because it is intimately involved with many mood disorders involving stress, including anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, insomnia, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, depression, and many others.
- In post-traumatic stress disorder there appears to be lower-than-normal cortisol release, and it is thought that a blunted hormonal response to stress may predispose a person to develop PTSD.
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- The hippocampus tends to be smaller in those who suffer from this disorder, as it is in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- However in BPD, unlike PTSD, the amygdala also tends to be smaller.
- Some argue that people diagnosed with BPD should instead be diagnosed with PTSD, as this would acknowledge the impact of abuse on the person's behavior.
- Others argue that that a diagnosis of PTSD does not encompass all aspects of the disorder and is neurologically and characteristically different than BPD.
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- Individuals suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) show marked reductions in volume in several parts of the hippocampus, which may be the result of decreased levels of neurogenesis and dendritic branching (the generation of new neurons and the generation of new dendrites in existing neurons, respectively) (Wang et al., 2010).
- While it is impossible to determine causation, studies have found improvements in behavior as well as increase in hippocampal volume following either pharmacological or cognitive behavioral therapy in individuals suffering from PTSD (Bremner & Vermetten, 2004; Levy-Gigi, Szabó, Kelemen, & Kéri, 2013).
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- In discussing the neurobiological basis for attachment and trauma symptoms in a seven-year twin study, it has been suggested that the roots of various forms of psychopathology—including RAD, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—can be found in disturbances in affect regulation (i.e., the ability to regulate one's emotions).
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- Studies have shown that rumination and
worry contribute to mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, and that
meditation-based interventions are effective in the reduction of worry, even in
such extreme cases as panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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- Traumatic events can occur later in life and cause serious distress, such as with PTSD, and Freud's focus on childhood events did not account for phenomenon such as this.