PTSD

1. POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER
By Brian Desch

2. Thesis
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder poses a serious problem
in society today because it can disguise itself as other
mental health issues and in rare cases, physical
ailments. Through my application component I will
prove that all parts of a persons life can be affected but,
with treatment, can be coped with.
http://lifetips9.blogspot.com/2010/12/feeling-depressed-seven-ways-to-pick.html

3. http://www.va.gov/

4. What is PTSD?
Exposed to a trauma
First sign of PTSD
http://mentalhealthnews.org/post-traumatic-stress-in-vets-increases-risk-of-dementia/841408/

5. First Signs of PTSD
First seen 490 BC
Soldiers going blind/deaf
Nostalgia - homesick
Baran, Madeleine. "Timeline: Mental illness and war through history."
MPRnews. Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2010/02/beyond-deployment/ptsd-timeline/index.shtml

6. Nostalgia
Josef Leopold Auenbrugger
Civil War and Nostalgia
Soldier’s Heart/Exhausted Heart
Baran, Madeleine. "Timeline: Mental illness and war through history."
MPRnews. Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011.
http://my.opera.com/rickdmichaels/albums/showpic.dml?album=1554201&picture=21153401

7. World War I
Shell Shock/ Combat Fatigue
Shelling
Soldiers develop symptoms w/o shelling
Baran, Madeleine. "Timeline: Mental illness and war through history."
MPRnews. Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2010/02/beyond-deployment/ptsd-timeline/index.shtml

8. World War II
Gross Stress Reaction
Symptoms get worse, psychiatric hospitals not giving
enough time for recovery
Restricted to soldiers
Baran, Madeleine. "Timeline: Mental illness and war through history."
MPRnews. Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g28970-d497518-National_World_War_II_Memorial-Washington_DC_District_of_Columbia.html

9. Vietnam/Post-Vietnam
GSR taken out of DSM, no diagnosis
Post-Vietnam Syndrome
PTSD put in DSM
Update types of trauma
Baran, Madeleine. "Timeline: Mental illness and war through history."
MPRnews. Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011.

10. PTSD Vocabulary
Amygdala
Prefrontal Cortex
Hippocampus
"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Fact Sheet." National Institute of
Mental Health. National Institute of Mental Health, 16 Feb. 2011. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <http://www.nimh.nih.gov/>.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080910133341.htm

11. PTSD Vocabulary
Cortisol
Hyper-Vigilance
Dissociation
"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Fact Sheet." National Institute of
Mental Health. National Institute of Mental Health, 16 Feb. 2011. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <http://www.nimh.nih.gov/>.

12. How does PTSD start?
Traumatic events
Different types of trauma
Examples
Williams, Mary Beth, and Soila Poijula. The PTSD Workbook. Oakland: New
Harbinger Publications, 2002. Print.
http://www.september112001.com/

13. Symptoms
Nervousness
Depression
Schiraldi, Glenn R. "About PTSD." The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook.
Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1999. 3-36. Print.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200804/giving-in-feel-good-why-self-regulation-fails

14. More Symptoms
Flashbacks
Nightmares
Avoidance
Emotional Issues
Schiraldi, Glenn R. "About PTSD." The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook.
Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1999. 3-36. Print.
http://healtheducare.com/tag/sleep-problems/

15. Anger
Why is this usually the first emotion they turn to?
Who are they angry at?
Who do they release there anger on?
Jacobson, Sid, and Ernie Colon. Coming Home. N.p.: Ceridian Corporation,
Military OneSource, 2008. N. pag. Print.

16. Hyper-vigilance
Anxiety
Nervous System stuck on
Example
"For Veterans and the General Public." United States Department of Veterans
Affairs. N.p., 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/index.asp>.

17. Dissociation
What is it?
Forget the trauma
What effects does this have on everyday life?
Feel disconnected from themselves and others
"For Veterans and the General Public." United States Department of Veterans
Affairs. N.p., 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/index.asp>.
http://slanderyou2.blogspot.com/

18. How do they cope?
Substance abuse
Emotional numbing
Emotional conversion
Schiraldi, Glenn R. "About PTSD." The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook.
Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1999. 3-36. Print.
http://www.mediccast.com/blog/2007/05/25/why-activated-charcoal/