ipl-logo

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Case Study

404 Words2 Pages

Tony is likely experiencing the emotional difficulty of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This can be assumed because he has experienced a traumatic event and as a result, is experiencing long-term, severe reactions. PTSD is categorized by symptoms such as re-experiencing, dissociation, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, irritable behaviour, sleep disturbances and difficulty concentrating. Through his life history, we know that Tony displays many of these symptoms. Children of Tony’s age do not know much in regards to catastrophes such as the one Tony has experienced. A child considers their home to be a place of safety and security. After this incident, Tony may now have negative connotations with his family’s home. This is a result of the limited knowledge Tony has about catastrophes. …show more content…

Because Tony experienced an acute-nonabusive type of stressor, he is most at-risk for generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, panic disorders, ADHD and depression respectfully. As stated in the text, PTSD shares the same or similar symptoms and diagnoses as these other emotional and psychiatric difficulties, which makes Tony more susceptible to these difficulties (Wick-Nelson & Israel, 2015, p. 127). Generally, as time goes on, the symptoms of PTSD will pass. Early attempts at implementing coping strategies has proven to be very effective ways of lessening the extent of symptoms (Wick-Nelson & Israel, 2015, p. 127). For the previously stated reason, the course of action that I would recommend to Tony’s family includes teaching Tony some positive coping strategies. Additionally, it is known the reactions of children to traumatic events is correlated to the reactions their parents have to the same trauma (Wick-Nelson & Israel, 2015, p. 127). The whole family might benefit from an atmosphere of support and

Show More
Related

Childhood Ptsd Case Studies

1329 Words | 6 Pages

Alejandro C.: A Case in Childhood PTSD Study Identifying Information Alejandro is a 30 month (2 ½-year-old) male of Hispanic descent. Currently, he is a ward of the Los Angeles County’s foster care program (DCFS).

Read More

Apology Day Isabelle Knockwood

2005 Words | 9 Pages

The trauma these children faced followed them for the rest of their lives, and it got passed on to their children indirectly and also directly: “... The survivors are like family. We experienced trauma in childhood because we were separated from our biological families. Many times we had to look after each other in desperate situations. Today, as adults, we are healing collectively, like a spiritual family” (Knockwood 10).

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Case Study

1745 Words | 7 Pages

There are many types of depression disorders and pain disorders. The two I will be talking about are Somatic Symptom Disorder and Major Depression Disorder. The difference between the two is where Somatic a person complains about pain that no one can find and the other one is depression. In the article that I read about Michelle Adams, 51-year-old former hairdresser. She had gone to a psychiatric clinic.

Read More

Why Are You Scared Book Summary

662 Words | 3 Pages

First, Miss Andrews names the disorder and explains what PTSD means; such as, “the post in PTSD means it happened a while ago” (Andrews, 2012, p. 2). Second, Miss Andrews details the events that cause parents to suffer from PTSD. Namely, car accidents, fighting in a war, natural disasters, and getting attacked or hurt by someone. Next, the author describes the feelings and actions their parents may exhibit. Last, Miss Andrews tells children it is not their job to fix the problem; it is an adult problem.

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Case Study

542 Words | 3 Pages

Josh appears to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). According to Grubaugh (2014), PTSD is a psychiatric disorder resulting from a life- threatening event and requires a history of exposure to a traumatic event (Criterian A) that results in a minimum threshold of symptoms across four clusters: intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and alterations in arousal and reactivity (criterion B through E). Josh appears to have PTSD because he experienced a traumatic event of watching his fiancée being hit and killed by a drunk driver, he shows signs of the following symptoms, intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations. Josh appears to show symptoms of intrusion by having nightly traumatic nightmares, about that accident. Josh also is exhibiting symptoms of avoidance by not working out, playing guitar, and

Read More

PTSD: Annotated Bibliography

678 Words | 3 Pages

(2003). Posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd). In J. J. Ponzetti Jr. (Ed.), International encyclopedia of marriage and family (2nd ed.). Farmington, MI: Gale. Retrieved from https://libpro.pittcc.edu/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/galemarriage/posttraumatic_stress_disorder_ptsd/0?institutionId=2413 This article explains how PTSD is impacted by children's lives.

Read More

PTSD In The Things They Carried By Tim O Brien

762 Words | 4 Pages

Most events causing ptsd include direct and intense witness or experience of human suffering, causing victims to relive the memories over and over, seldom able to be comfortable and feel safe due to the fears that the condition instills on people. These people are also easily triggered at specific objects, phrases, or anything that can be traced back to the memories, whether symbolic or direct. These items are referred to as triggers, and can be anything as they are specific to the person’s case, reasons, and fears. Those affected by ptsd can sometimes act rashly due to their perception of reality being warped by the memories that they face. Treatment for ptsd includes proper coping skills, dealing with other causes of stress, and treatment of mental disorders that will worsen the issues of ptsd.

Read More

Angel Colon Summary

1304 Words | 6 Pages

PTSD can be described as being a disorder in which an individual can struggle to recover after experiencing a horrible event. For example, anxiety and flashbacks can be triggered throughout the rest of his life. But PTSD does not only affect the victim, it can affect everyone around the individual. The family, spouse, friends, co-workers, and even acquaintances. Colon’s sister explains that Angel is not fighting this by himself, he has many people helping him cope with this event.

Read More

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Annotated Bibliography

2209 Words | 9 Pages

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Literature Review Joseph J. Soja University of New England SSW 503 Research 1 For Professor Kerry Dunn 18 November 19, 2014   Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Introduction According to the CMAJ (2010), a large proportion of the American aged population is at risk of contracting PTSD. This is a condition in which individuals who have been exposed to traumatic situations often tend to have emotional and mental problems associate with the kind of trauma that they were exposed to. Beevers (2011) further indicates that amongst the populations at risk, veterans are the ones who most at risk, a belief that is further perpetuated by Galor (2012).

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Case Study

574 Words | 3 Pages

I would diagnose Maria with bipolar II disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Maria has experienced at least one major depressive episode and at least one episode of hypomania (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). A person who suffers from a major depressive episode must either have a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities consistently for at least a 2-week period. This mood must represent a change from the person’s normal mood; social, occupational, educational or other important functioning must also be negatively impaired by the change in mood. A major depressive episode is also characterized by the presence of symptoms such as: depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day, recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Scenarios

1534 Words | 7 Pages

In the mental health profession, the variability of symptoms has an impact on misdiagnosing clients, that can’t be overlooked. An example of how the variability of symptoms can lead to misdiagnosis is with the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic brain injury. For example, memory gaps resulting from coma and post traumatic amnesia have the same characteristics Personality change, including impulsiveness, reduced insight, rigid thinking, reduced motivation, and impaired learning and concentration resulting from traumatic brain injury, may also cause some complaints to be mislabeled as a PTSD symptom (Sumpter, & Mcmillan, 2005). However, how a person processes information from life’s circumstances also varies.

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder In The Military

966 Words | 4 Pages

What is Post-Traumatic Stress disorder? Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, such as major stress, sexual assault, warfare, or other threats on a person's life. Symptoms include disturbing recurring flashbacks, avoidance or numbing of memories of the event, and hyperarousal, continue for more than a month after the occurrence of a traumatic event. Posttraumatic stress disorder can occur upon anyone of any age, who have seen or was expose to a negative, abusive disturbance, which then the individual carries the situation with them and replay the event in their mind over and over again, The events can cause a person to struggle with living a normal civilian

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Case Study

1907 Words | 8 Pages

Getting a job is a very difficult thing as is. To be qualified for a job you must have certain credentials; thus, creating competition between you and another applicant. Mentally disabled people have a disadvantage to the average person because they are different. Specifically, post-traumatic stress disorder victims are put at a drawback when applying for a job. “Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is an anxiety disorder that occurs as the result of experiencing “a traumatic event in which a threat of serious injury or death was experienced or witnessed, and an individual’s response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror”, (Loughran and Heaton).

Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Case Study

1703 Words | 7 Pages

Mental health issues affect more than 41 million Americans in a given year (Meinert 2014). These issues can range from depression to post traumatic stress disorder. One of many workplace issues is the discrimination of people with a mental health illness due to stigma. It is a company’s moral and ethical obligation to combat stigma within the workplace to promote a safe and productive work environment that allows their employees to feel supported so they can pursue treatment options and access their entitled benefits. There are many misconceptions about how people with a mental illness function within the workplace.

Read More

Psychological Disorders In Shutter Island

935 Words | 4 Pages

As previously described, Andrew clearly meets criteria A. for PTSD, with multiple and many exposures to traumatic experiences. Andrew evidently also meets criteria B. as he experiences intrusive symptoms associated with the traumatic event. For Andrew, all intrusive symptoms listed in the DSM are experienced. Intrusive symptoms include recurrent, involuntary, and distressing memories, distressing dreams such as nightmares, dissociative reactions such as flashbacks, intense prolonged psychological distress at exposure to cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event(s), and marked physiological reactions to resemblances of the traumatic event(s).

Read More

More about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Case Study

Related Topics

Open Document