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Pre-Professional Observations When it comes to treating PTSD, many forms of treatment have shown to be effective in treating symptoms associated with PTSD. Perhaps not just one treatment should be used. Avoidance to focus on the actual trauma and determine how the treatment impacts one cognitively (such as Prolonged Exposure Therapy) symptoms may reoccur even with coping strategies are put into place. Without establishing coping skills (such as with Stress Inoculation Training) traumatic flashbacks, anxiety, and fear will still be present. A combination of therapies will be most beneficial. However trauma-focused treatment (Prolonged Exposure Therapy) approaches both “facing the trauma” and “changing cognitive thinking.” Treatments that
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John Hildt John Hilton most likely never receive the proper therapy to treat his post traumatic stress due to it never being properly diagnosed. An article on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder written by Leo Sher discusses the importance of PTSD being diagnosed correctly in order to provide proper treatments (Post-traumatic Stress disorder: The importance). Until 35 years ago , Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was most likely written off as “Nostalgia” or even “Combat Exhaustion” (Horwitz and Goodpaster). Kasey Goodpaster discusses some of the early treatments that were available to those most likely suffering from PTSD , but misdiagnosed with some other

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The Body Keeps The Score, is about different patients the author Van Der Kolk had during his medical practice years and research he collected throughout most of his life. He discusses different types of traumatized patients, such as war veterans, raped victims, the loss of a child or children, as well as living with an alcoholic, drug user parents, and even children who their parents neglected, beat, or and molested. He also talks about different research and scans done to help understand the brain of traumatized people and the different parts of the brain affected by a traumatized event. The way the right and the left side of the brain is affected by breaking the connection between the two and how is necessary to have both sides working together so that one can be aware of what is happening at the moment and that what they are experiencing and reenacting happened in the past. As well, as different ways patients can treat themselves either by taking pills which do not help as a long term or by running, doing yoga, meditation, massages, and other physical activities, but Dr.Van Der Kolk explains how most people take prescribed drugs because it is much easier than doing physical activities.

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“An estimated 8% of Americans − 24.4 million people − have PTSD at any given time. That is equal to the total population of Texas” (PTSD United 1). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has existed since the dawn of time, but only in the past 50 years has it been recognized as an actual problem. However, even now, it is still not always acknowledged as a legitimate condition. As a result, it is not always properly treated.

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Throughout the history of American warfare there have been many different names for PTSD. Dating back to the civil war when this mental illness was called soldier’s heart, the First World War called it shell-shock, and the Second World War, battle fatigue; soldiers have been experiencing the trauma and psychological issues that come along with the mental illness of PTSD(cite Take heart; Post-traumatic stress disorder). Psychological deterioration was noted in men of combat as early as 490 B.C. and has since become the leading cause of death for U.S veterans. It was not until 1980 that PTSD was recognized as a true disorder with its own specific symptoms, and it was at this time that is was deemed diagnosable and was added to the American Psychiatric

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Which has several parts which include, exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, and stress inoculation training. Exposure therapy helps people face/control their fear. This may involve taking them to the place in which the event happened and make them feel safe while there. The second part is cognitive restructuring in which the therapy helps people make sense of the bad memories. Resulting in them remembering the event differently than it happened making them feel guilty about what was not their fault.

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Among those who do receive treatment, half drop out. This decreases the success rate of PTSD suffering individuals who commit to treatment from eighty percent to a significantly lower forty percent. The mental issues with PTSD are drastically impactful on an untreated PTSD victim. With one fifth of sexual offense towards women are experienced in a military environment, many are linked to being caused by PTSD mental outbreak. Sexual offense and violence towards others is not the only mental risk caused by untreated PTSD.

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Cognitive and Exposure therapy are also very effective in recovering from ptsd. There is also a method which is called Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR combines exposure therapy with a series of guided eye movements that help you process traumatic memories and change how you react to them(Mayo

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There are 3 clusters to PTSD. the first cluster is re-living the event. The way the person relives the event is by having recurring nightmares and images that can happen at any time. During this cluster the victim has extreme emotion and physical reactions. The second cluster is avoiding reminders of the event.

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However, once Warren decided to participate in the prolonged exposure therapy, he appeared to have support that came from the therapist/staff member involved in this treatment. This support likely influenced his ability to remain in this therapeutic process, ultimately leading to a decrease in his PTSD symptoms. Another moderator may be the perceived severity of the traumatic

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Post-traumatic stress affects over 14 million American adults in any given year Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (n.d). There is help for those who are suffering. Psychotherapy has proven to work with the overall best outcomes for most individuals. According to the Mental Health of America (n.d), cognitive behavior therapy, exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and other family and couple counseling therapy has shown to reduce the strain caused by post-traumatic stress. Cognitive behavior therapy helps change the way in which a person thinks allowing them to overcome their fear or anxieties.

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However due to many viable treatments there is great hope for the victims moving forward in their lives. PTSD victims can be triggered when they see reminders of their experience of war. As PTSD keeps ravaging the lives of the victims it will draw more and more attention to not only the risks at war, but also the awful trauma vets go through after combat. When this becomes known it will become even more important to fight PTSD, because if we don’t people will question going into the military even more and the result could be

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Anne C. Black and other people have been in school of medicine. They have written a report that show the type of treatment veterans get for their PTSD. The VA health care has found better ways to help with the mental health of veterans( Black et al. 1).

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It may come and go over the years too. The significant impact of PTSD on the lives of veterans afflicted gives doctors a greater understanding of this illness. With knowledge about PTSD, returning veterans can seek the early diagnosis and treatment they need, giving them a chance to recover. Many veterans have spoken and stressed that the PTSD will never go away, even with treatment, group therapy, counseling, or medication. Awareness and understanding can also help and support the families.

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In the United States of America, 70% of adults have experienced a traumatic event according to PTSD statistics(2022). When challenged mentally, physically, and spiritually a human can be affected by a traumatic event, but there can be different reactions for different individuals. Trauma is to be deeply disturbed or distressed after a traumatic experience and can affect many individuals in many ways but is also treatable, some even curable to a point, many around the world have to deal with trauma and most don't make it through. For those who’ve had a traumatic event happen to them in recent times it would be easier to treat than ten years ago because, in the last ten years, many people's lives have either been good or worse.

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