Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans. The Struggle Does Not End When the Combat Does: How are PTSD suffering veterans living when they return home?. Development of PTSD. Criteria of Traumatic Event: Intensity/Time Injuries/Losses Distance Control Support. Symptoms. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in VeteransThe Struggle Does Not
End When the Combat Does: How are PTSD suffering veterans living
when they return home?Development of PTSDCriteria of Traumatic
Event: Intensity/TimeInjuries/LossesDistanceControlSupport
SymptomsReliving the eventNightmaresFlashbacks Change in
cognitive thinkingNegative views and perceptionsTrust issues
Avoidance and isolation Anything that could remind you of the event
Withdrawing from social relationships Hyperarousal Insomnia, guilt,
difficulty concentrating, hyper vigilance Emotional numbingLife at
HomeAdjusting to life back at home is a process, not a step Family
and friends have to recognize difference in veterans and
understandTrauma prevents people from having the ability to
objectively evaluate the reality of life All symptoms of PTSD are
displayed in character, conspicuously affecting the people around
themIntimacy is the essence of peace with another person, and
therefore finds itself on the far end of the spectrum from a war
zone (Dean, 114).Dear Dad,Ive personally blown up five Iraqi tanks
in the air sorties Ive flown over here. Dad, I know there were
people inside those tanks, but I cant afford to think about that
right now and still do my job. I know that when I get home Ill have
to face who was inside those tanks. Im not looking forward to
that.
~U.S. Pilot, Persian Gulf
WarTreatmentTalkingWritingMedicationAvoid
self-medicationRelaxationSupport groups
Perceptions Over TimeCivil WarSoldiers heart44%World War IShell
shockBritish Army- 80,000World War IICombat fatigue
37%VietnamRevolved around relaxation therapy Prevalence of PTSD:
31% men; 27% womenIraq and Afghanistan Wars4-17%
Video: Shell Shock, WWI
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