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Symptoms Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder: when trauma means more than physical hurt Symptoms Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Post Traumatic Stress Disorder People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have three types of complaints: • Reliving the trauma again and again. The person relives the trauma through visions of the incident, nightmares and ‘flashbacks’ (feeling as if the traumatic incident […]
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Eyestrain is relevant to Psychological stress
Eyestrain is relevant to Psychological stress Italian scientists said that people who work by computers for a long time and believe they have got eyestrain may well influence by psychological stress. Doctors in occupational disease medical centre of Sassari University in Italy had finished a survey on 212 bank employee. The employee worked in same environment, did same work and […]
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Stress-related risk factors in urban environments
At present, social networks are subject to profound transformation.Electronic communication enables many individuals tomeet friends without personal contact. However, it seems unclearwhether these virtual social networks exert similar effects onhealth outcomes as the real-world encounters. This issue seems important, since socialnetwork size is reflected by the amygdala, a brain structure that isinvolved in governing the […]
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Perinatal complications and stress during pregnancy: anorexia nervosa (AN)
A quarter of parents had experienced severe obstetric difficulty and loss, compared to only 7.5 per cent of matched comparison parents. The incidence of prematurity and birth trauma is elevated by 2–3 fold in the birth histories of those with AN. Pregnancy complications were noted more often. There is a trend for people with anorexia […]
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diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)
diagnostic criteria Structured Clinical Interviews There is no definitive diagnostic tool available for making any psychiatric diagnosis, but the clinical interview currently stands as the linchpin of a multiaxial, multimodal assessment protocol. With a goal of improving diagnostic validity and reliability, a number of structured and semistructured clinical interviews have been developed to assess psychological […]
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Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
During the past decade, the literature devoted to the clinical assessment of PTSD advanced considerably. Of particular note is the increase in attention to the development of assessment tools for use with noncombatants and even more specifically with survivors of specific civilian traumas (e.g., tools developed specifically for use with rape survivors, crime victims, etc.), […]
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Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)
Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) Epidemiologic studies conducted over the past two decades provided empirical information about the prevalence of PTSD in the general population and among individuals who have been exposed to specific types of potentially traumatic events. This research indicates that most individuals who are exposed to a potential trauma do not develop […]
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Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)
Epidemiology Epidemiology is the study of patterns and correlates of disease onset and course in human populations. Psychiatric epidemiology includes studies of the prevalence of psychiatric disorders (i.e, how many people have specific disorders), the distribution of disorders among subgroups of populations, the relationship of a particular disorder to other disorders, and factors that affect […]
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DSM-IV PTSD Diagnostic Criteria
Current Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With the publication of the 4th edition of the DSM, the concept of trauma evolved from focusing on uncommon, highly adverse, external events to describing the specific characteristics of a traumatic event, including the individual’s psychological response to the event regardless of whether the event is rare or […]
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Stress inoculation training for PTSD
Another frequently reported behavioral approach to treating PTSD involves teaching patients specific coping skills for reducing or managing PTSD symptoms and/or alternative responses to fear and anxiety. Specific interventions applicable to PTSD include relaxation training, anger management training, thought stopping, assertiveness training, self-dialogue, problem-solving skills training, and relapse prevention. An example of this approach is […]
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