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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
David Baugher, Gordon Hyduke, Ryan Maykish, Max McDonald, and Nick Mecca
PTSD• Referred to as “soldier’s heart,” “shell shock,” and
“combat fatigue”
• Diagnosis from the American Psychiatric Association...
-“The person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involve actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others, and his/her response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror.”(Langer 2).
Langer, Ron. "Combat Trauma, Memory, and the World War II Veteran." WLA Journal. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.
PTSD-Duration of the disturbance is more than one month.
-”The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning” (Langer 6).
-On average one in five soldiers suffer from PTSD when returning from war.
Langer, Ron. "Combat Trauma, Memory, and the World War II Veteran." WLA Journal. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.
Significance/Importance to WWII• “Many WWII veterans with PTSD received such diagnoses as
Anxiety Neurosis, Depressive Neurosis, Melancholia, Anti-social Personality, or even Schizophrenia” (Langer 4), because the diagnosis of PTSD didn’t exist until 35 years after the war
• PTSD symptoms became prominent in midlife for many WWII veterans
• A study in 2006 of WWII ex-POWs, found that...• 60% reported verbal aggression • 12% physical aggression
…in their marriages.
Langer, Ron. "Combat Trauma, Memory, and the World War II Veteran." WLA Journal. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.
WWII Continued…
• “Combat related trauma may lead to full-blown PTSD or partial PTSD” (Mayo Clinic 1).
• Symptoms• Depression• anxiety• guilt/shame• preoccupation with war-related subjects• substance abuse
•Anger (most prominent)
"Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." Definition. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014.
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Impact on Modern Times• Soldiers from current day war (Iraq) suffer from PTSD
• Veterans are still affected today from experiences decades ago
• Soldiers still experience flashbacks, bad dreams, and frightening thoughts
• Soldiers suffer from avoidance issues… • stay away from what had frightened them• feeling strong guilt• depression
"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." NIMH RSS. National Institute of Mental Health. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.
Bibliography
• "Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." Definition. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014.• Langer, Ron. "Combat Trauma, Memory, and the World War II
Veteran." WLA Journal. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.• "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." NIMH RSS. National Institute
of Mental Health. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.
