Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

 

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Post Traumatic Stress, a Normal Reaction to an Abnormal Situation

Anyone can suffer from a post traumatic stress disorder, not just those in military combat. Post traumatic  stress disorder (PTSD) can have a serious psychological effect on a person. People can be affected by PTSD through a traumatic event in their life. The event could include rape, sexual  or physical abuse as a child or adult, a car accident, the loss of a loved one, witnessing something that is deeply disturbing to you. Symptoms can include flash backs to the trauma (memory triggers) nightmares about the trauma, or may not always be about the actual event but linked to. This can also lead onto depression or other conditions. People sometimes find it hard to talk about and keep it locked up inside. This is the worse thing you could do, talking through the trauma with someone helps you to deal with it and may help to avoid or lessen the long term effects it can have upon you. Men are more reluctant than women to talk to someone or even admit they have a problem. This could be a lot to do with the macho image men feel they have to live up to. This is not about macho, macho is about image, this is about survival, survival is about living. Even the most macho of men have feelings, this is being human. If you suffer from the effects of PTSD seek help do not let it ruin your life for the sake of an image.

 

 
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http://www.combatstress.com#Ex-Servicemens Mental Welfare Society For Ex-Servicemen who have experienced mental health problems  through their service in the armed forces CONTACT: Lt Col John Booth ( Regional Welfare office)Welfare support team (South)Tyrwhitt House, Oakland Road.Leatherhead.Surrey KT22 OBX TEL: 01372841680 FAX:01372841681E-mail:  wst@combatstress.org.uk

 

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http://www.ptsd.org.uk  Although this web site was created for ex-servicemen & women who think they are suffering from PTSD, it has become very apparent over the past few years that anyone who suffers from PTSD can and have been gaining benefit from visiting and using the resources within it.

 

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The International Trauma Studies Program (ITSP) > has achieved worldwide recognition as a leader in the field of trauma studies http://www.itspnyc.org/

 

How your nervous system sabotages your ability to relate What if many of your troubles could be explained by an automatic reaction in your body to what’s happing around you? What if the cure for mental and emotional disorders ranging from autism to panic attacks lay in a new understanding and approach to the way the nervous system operates? Stephen Porges, Ph.D., thinks it could be so.    http://www.nexuspub.com/articles/2006/interview_ma.htm

 

Nueroception A subconscious system for detecting threats and safety http://www.stephenporges.info/images//neuroception.pdf

 

 
 

NEW  AUSTRALIAN POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER GUIDELINES LAUNCHED                                                                             Visit www.acpmh.unimelb.edu.au to download copies

The International Trauma Studies Program (ITSP) http://www.itspnyc.org  http://www.itspnyc.org/ has achieved worldwide recognition as a leader in the field of trauma studies

Brain Region May Govern Resilience to Trauma It may not be thick skin that protects you from emotional pain, but a thick brain.

MEDLINE is a database maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. MEDLINE searches are free, and can be accessed at this site: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed


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 A psychologist who has been profoundly touched by victims of ritual abuse http://truthbeknown2000.tripod.com/Truthbeknown2000/ 

The Trauma Centre, Formerly of Massachusetts Mental Health Institute and Arbour Counseling Services.
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The following two articles (in one PDF file) can be used to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits through The Hatherleigh Company.

They are Lesson Numbers 25 & 26 from Directions in Psychiatry, 2001, Volume 21.

Luxenberg, T., Spinazzola, J., & van der Kolk, B. A. (2001). Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis, Part I: Assessment. Directions in Psychiatry, 21, 373-393. Long Island City, NY: The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd.
Luxenberg, T., Spinazzola, J., Hidalgo, J., Hunt, C., & van der Kolk, B. A. (2001). Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis, Part II: Treatment. Directions in Psychiatry, 21, 395-415. Long Island City, NY: The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd.
 PILOTS stands for "Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress". A complete User's Guide is available.

This freely-accessible database is maintained by the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; it includes about 25,000 article citations -- most with abstracts. PubMed is one of the National Library of Medicine's search services; it provides access to citations in MEDLINE and several related databases, with links to participating online journals.

Search PILOTS for free access to abstracts of the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress. Online help is available from this link.
If you have Adobe Acrobat's free PDF File Reader browser add-on, then you can also retrieve all issues of the National Center's PTSD Research Quarterly (including full-text articles), as well as the Instruments Authority List. This Authority List identifies all psychometric instruments (assessment scales, or tests) used in studies catalogued in the PILOTS database

International society for the psychological treatment of schizophrenia and other psychosis, united states chapter, http://www.isps-us.org/