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www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml.
• It’s a disorder that can occur after a traumatic, shocking, or dangerous event
• PTSD can affect anyone, at any age
• “According to the National Center for PTSD, about seven or eight of every 100 people
will experience PTSD at some point in their lives.”
• Men are less likely to develop PTSD than women
• PTSD usually starts occurring at least three months after a traumatic event, such as
physical or sexual assault, abuse, car accidents, terrorist attacks, and being in war zones
(veterans)
• The symptoms are different for adults and younger children
• Adults can experience flashbacks, always be on edge, tend to avoid something or some
place that an event occurred, loss of interest in enjoyable things, and can even have
trouble remember some of the events that occurred.
• Children under the age of six that are affected by PTSD usually experience bed wetting
even when potty trained, not being able to talk/forgetting how to talk, reenacting the
event during a play time, and being clingy to a certain adult or guardian
• Teenagers and children older than six tend to react the same way adults would react; they
can even go as far as developing destructive behaviors and can also want a feeling of
revenge if there was a perpetrator involved.
• Some treatments used for PTSD can include psychotherapy and different types of
medicine
• Psychotherapy, also referred to as “Talk Therapy”
• It can be done as a group or even as one-on-one
• Two different types of psychotherapy can include exposure therapy and cognitive
restructuring
• Exposure therapy can include gradually exposing the patient to the trauma they
experienced in a way that is considered safe.
• Usually anti-depressants are prescribed to patients with PTSD
• Sometimes, both psychotherapy and anti-depressants are prescribed to patients suffering
from PTSD
I thought this article was super informative and gave really great information about what PTSD
is, how it affects people differently, and treatments that can be used.
Deanna Strope
ISM Period 7
National Center. “National Center for PTSD.” PTSD, 15 Aug. 2013 www.ptsd.va.gov/index.asp.
I thought this article was super informative about the different types of treatment available
for PTSD.
Deanna Strope
ISM Period 7
Riggs, David S. “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Mental Health America, 10 May 2018,
www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder.
This article is very similar to my first article, but still had some other good information that could
be useful for my power point.