Traumas happen throughout the world at any instant. One day a person could walk into their work office and the next thing they know if someone is open firing on everyone. In this case, some people may die and others live. But with this traumatic experience people will be upset and disturbed. People will have lost their loved ones, co-works, bosses, or friends. In a situation like this first responders will bring in trained psychologist. In which they will conduct different types of therapy to attempt to prevent a mental illness brought upon by trauma. The main mental illness the therapist will try to prevent will be posttraumatic stress disorder, otherwise known as PTSD. Frederick E. Tesch’s article in 1977 introduced the methods of psychological debriefing. Psychological debriefing is a process used to help victims cope after a traumatic incident. Different types of methods can be used to conduct the debriefing and also depending on the incident different methods can be used. Tesch identified ethical, educational, and methodological as types of debriefing. (citation). According to Deahl, psychological debriefing involves two types of intervention, either single session therapy or multiple session therapy and the uncertainty of when the debriefing should be held, directly after the event or at a later time after the victim has been able to process what has occurred (Seely, 173). Psychological debriefing is meant to stabilize a victim after the traumatizing experience and attempt to prevent suffering after a crisis has ended. Certain careers are prone to psychological debriefing, such as the armed forces, emergency services, combat veterans, and journalist and photographers working in high risk areas. Not only are people in these ... ... middle of paper ... ...Psychiatrica Scandinavica. (2001): 423-37. Print. Deahl MP, Gillham AB, Thomas J, Searle MM, Srinivasan M. Psychological sequelae following the Gulf War. Factors associated with subsequent morbidity and the effectiveness of psychological debriefing. Br J Psychiatry 1994;165:60-65. Mayor, Susan. “Psychological therapy is better than debriefing for PTSD.” http://www.bmj.com/ Volume 330. 26 March 2005. Regel, Stephen. "Psychological Debriefing--does It Work?" Advanced Placement Source. EBSCO, Apr. 2010. Web. 1 May 2010. Seely, Mark R. "Psychological Debriefing May Not Be Clinically Effective: Implications for a Humanistic Approach to Trauma Intervention." Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development 46 (2007): 172-82. Print. Sharpe, Donald and Cathy Faye. “A Second Look at Debriefing Practices: Madness in Our Method?” Ethics and Behavior (2009): 432-47. Print
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It is important to understand when discussing this topic what exactly Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is, and how one obtains it. When someone has PTSD, their sense of fear and stress are tampered with; even when not in danger, the person with the disorder may feel as though they are. It is as if the victims are suffering from delayed trauma. Several risk factors can lead to this: experiences with dangerous events/traumas, history of mental illness, physical pain, witnessing the injuries/deaths of others, feeling horror, helplessness, or extreme fear, little to no support after the trigger event, experiencing extra stress after the event...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a psychological disorder that’s brought about after encountering a traumatic experience. This disorder can vary between mild and extreme severity in symptoms and effect on the suffering patient. It’s caused by a hyper-aroused state in the brain, using a magnetoencephalography machine “We could see heightened arousal that was maintained in the PTSD-afflicted men and not in the men who don’t suffer from the illness” (The Globe and Mail, Image of PTSD). Therefore, most commonly the individual will present with suicidal tendencies, making this condition a danger to anyone who is
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that develops after exposure to an event that is perceived to be life threatening or pose serious bodily injury to self or others (Sherin & Nemeroff, 2011). According
Within a recent context, the intangible, and often dismissed damage that war inflicts on a soldier’s mental health, has been reaffirmed and reexamined. The invisible injuries of war, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, and depression, have proven to be as deadly as noticeable damage, such as infections or wounds. This issue of the mental health has been given an increased importance in light of the gruesome influx of suicides and murders committed by unstable returning soldiers. With the potential increase of the United States’ military involvement in the Middle East being a relevant issue, it is incredibly important for all people, from those with direct power to those who have the sole power of their voice, to thoroughly understand the potential long-term repercussions that are involved with war, before committing men and women to fight in this conflict. Most crucially, society must ensure that proper care and services are made easily accessible for returning soldiers, in order to assist with their successful transition back to civilian
“Trauma is used when describing emotionally painful and distressing experiences or situations that can overwhelm a person’s ability to cope” (John A. Rich, Theodore Corbin, & Sandra Bloom, 2008). Trauma could include deaths, violence, verbal and nonverbal words and actions, discrimination, racism etc. Trauma could result in serious long-term effects on a person’s health, mental stability, and physical body. Judith Herman, from Trauma and Recovery, said “Traumatic events are extraordinary, not because they occur rarely, but rather because they overwhelm the ordinary human adaptations to life” (John A. Rich, Theodore Corbin, & Sandra Bloom, 2008). Trauma does not involve the same experiences for everyone; each individual is unique in that they, and only they, can decide what is traumatic for them.
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PTSD is a debilitating mental illness that occurs when someone is exposed to a traumatic, dangerous, frightening, or a possibly life-threating occurrence. “It is an anxiety disorder that can interfere with your relationships, your work, and your social life.” (Muscari, pp. 3-7) Trauma affects everyone in different ways. Everyone feels wide ranges of emotions after going through or witnessing a traumatic event, fear, sadness and depression, it can cause changes in your everyday life as in your sleep and eating patterns. Some people experience reoccurring thoughts and nightmares about the event.
There are hundreds of different kinds of psychiatric disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. (DSM-IV). One of them is called Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Based on the research, post-traumatic disorder usually occurs following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, or violent personal assaults like rape (Harvard Women’s Health Watch, 2005). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic criteria and tests, treatment, prognosis and future research and approaches to treat this psychiatric illness of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The diagnosis of Post –Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) involves clusters of symptoms. They include persistent re-experiencing of the trauma, avoidance of traumatic reminders/ general numbing of emotional responsiveness, and hyper-arousal (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). In order for the possible diagnosis of PTSD the individual needs to have exposed to a
Necessary Behavioral Mental Health intervention does not end at the point first responders have successfully contained the actual crisis. The ongoing need for Behavioral Mental Health services will continue for an extended length of time when a traumatic event such as that depicted in the scenario occur. A copious number of individuals will have ...
A simple way of thinking about it is that there are many tools available for a carpenter to use but when it comes to nails a hammer does best. It is possible to use many different treatments for a single patient and as the situations change the process needs to change as well. Reading the article Importance of debriefing following critical incidents, I find that after a traumatic situation in the hospital it is important to communicate thoughts and feelings to understand yourself. The article states “Working in emergency departments (EDs) is inherently stressful, and stress caused by events such as witnessed death, elder or child abuse, and aggression and violence can have profound effects on staff” (Healy, 2013). In another article written by Hammerle in 2017 debriefing meetings can help Nursing and medical staff manage their own stress after critical incidents. Understanding and group discussion goes a long way in helping staff handle stressors.
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