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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
What does PTSD stand for?
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PTSD has impacted humans since the stone age from attacks from sabertooth tigers to terrorist attacks. It has existed since the evolution of our species.
When was PTSD discovered?
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PTSD causes insomnia and nightmares.
What are sleep symptoms for PTSD?
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Paroxetine: treats anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) etc. Fluoxetine: treats bulimia nervosa, and panic disorder. Sertaline: treat depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), social anxiety disorder, etc.
What are medications?
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This man is the 42nd US president. He suffered from child abuse by violent and alcoholic uncle.
Who is Bill Clinton?
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This was conceptualized as a catastrophic stressor that was outside the range of usual human experience.
What is a traumatic event?
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One for every 20 soldiers were diagnosed with PTSD during and after this war?
What is World War 2?
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A sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past.
What is a flashback?
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A talk therapy focused on modifying negative thoughts, behaviors, and emotional responses.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
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He was the lead singer of an iconic rock band, "The Rolling Stones." He suffered from PTSD after he saw his girlfriend commit suicide in his house.
Who was Mick Jagger?
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The largest cause of PTSD in America. The action of a person sexually touches another person without that person's consent.
What is sexual assault?
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15.2 percent of all male veterans (479,000) and 8.1 percent of women (610) in this war were diagnosed for PTSD. This war took place in southern Asia from November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975.
What was the Vietnam war?
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PTSD can also cause flashbacks, fear, severe anxiety, or mistrust.
What are psychological symptoms?
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Treats mental disorders primarily with talk therapy.
What is a clinical psycologist?
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This female comedian, actress, and talk show host witness to planes collide in the air at a young age, leading to severe panic attacks. She is the first African-American to have received an academy award nomination for both best actress and best supporting actress. She stared in "Spookshow."
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
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Psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to active warfare, especially being under bombardment. A type of PTSD specific to combat situations.
What is shell shock?
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7.8 percent of Americans are diagnosed with PTSD in there lifetime, with women twice as likely as men.
How common is PTSD?
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PTSD can cause agitation, irritability,hostility, hyperventilation, self-destructive behavior, or social isolation.
What are Behavioral symptoms?
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A person that treats mental disorders, primarily with medication.
What is a psychiatrist?
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She is an iconic singer and actress. She didn't perform for 30 years after a single performance in New York Central Park after she forgot the lyrics to a song. She is famous for singing, "Don't Rain on My Parade."
Who is Barbara Streisand?
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PTSD primarily takes place in and affects this part of the brain.
What is the amygdala?
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This association added PTSD to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III)
What is the American Psychiatric Association (APA)?
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PTSD causes loss of interest or pleasure in activities, guilt, or loneliness.
What are the Mood symptoms?
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Psychological treatment that reduces the stress of traumatic events through eye movement.
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?
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She was the first lady to President John F. Kennedy. She experience John's assassination first hand. She had a crippling fear that she would be the next target and had many night terrors.
Who was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?
