P.T.S.D

HISTORY

• Another term for PTSD was shell shock
• First thought of ss a neurological disorder caused by explosion
• Later on classified as phychic scarring
• Physical changes in the brain

EXPERIENCES

• People with PTSD have had to experienced
• Violence
• Natural disaster
• Not divorce or unexpected lay off

SYMPTOMS

• Emotional distress
• Anxiety
• Irritability
• Depression
• Substance abuse

VICTIMS OF PTSD

• 4% of American adults 18-54 suffer from PTSD
• They've had to been through car/plane accidents
• Rape
• Natural disasters
• Terrorists attacks

MEN AND WOMEN

• 5% of men suffer from PTSD
• 10% of women suffer from PTSD
• Higher in women for some mysterious reason

PEOPLE AT RISK

• Firefighters
• Police
• EMT's
• Particularly when children are involved

CHILDREN WITH PTSD

• 43% of boys&girls have experienced 1 trauma that could induce PTSD
• Rate for kids who suffer from PTSD by witnessing an attack or murder of their parents is up to 100%
• Time skew - kids get chronology of PTSD confused
• omen formatton - they believe there were warning they could have heeded to avoid the catastrophe
• Children often reenact the traumatic event during play

CURE

• There is no cure for PTSD
• Often prescribed antidepressants the the anxiety and depression

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