Causes Of Dd In Grey's Anatomy

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Shonda Rhimes’ medical television drama, Grey’s Anatomy, takes place is Seattle, Washington in the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. The series focuses on the fictional lives of a group of surgical inters and residents, whom evolve into specialized doctors, while trying to maintain a personal life with significant others and loved ones. The series has seen many characters come and go, but Dr. Meredith Grey is the central character of the show. The television series has a lot of trauma either in patient lives, such as car accidents or illnesses, or in the doctor lives, such as a hospital shooting or a plane crash. Grey’s Anatomy expresses the causes of PTSD better than Pretty Little Liars, but still does not express all possible traumas …show more content…

There were other doctors on the plane as well, but the females on the plane sufferd a lot more than the males, which corresponds to studies done, as PTSD is more prevalent in females (Botella). On the other hand, Dr. Owen Hunt has suffered PTSD from serving overseas as his entire military unit was killed in an ambush but him. He has suffered panic attacks, nightmares and flashbacks. Grey’s Anatomy, like Pretty Little Liars, excels in the notion of individuals having a set of symptoms that are unique and catered as each individual has their own threshold and way of dealing with things. The television series also excelled in the idea of showing how prominent these symptoms are in one’s life and how much they affect social and occupational functioning. After the plane crash, Arizona went back to work months later, while the others had trouble working and fulfilling their responsibility in the workplace and to each other. The show also depicted PTSD symptoms adding up and staying with an individual even though they have managed it. For example, in an episode, a couple years after the plane crash, another civilian place crashes causing the doctors to relive their

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