Week 3 Assignment

ARTICLE IDENTIFICATION – 10 points possible
NOTE: Both Number 1 and Number 2 below must be completed to earn these points
1. In the space below explain why you picked the article you selected for this assignment from the classroom Resources folder. Include a description of what about the focus of the article you chose captured your interest and why.

I selected this particular article because I have an interest in P TSD. My brother-in-law suffers from PTSD and my interest in this area was stirred by observing his symptoms and his wife’s (my sister) reaction to those symptoms.

I have often thought that the military should be aware of individuals who have a propensity to PTSD and ensure that there are resources readily available to those individuals who are more likely to experience PTSD as a result of given situations.

2. APA Citation Format
Show in the spaces below how you would source credit and reference-list (in APA formatting style), if you were writing a formal paper, the article you selected in the body of the paper and in a Reference list that would be attached to the end of the paper (for examples of how to correctly source credit in APA formatting style see the classroom Resources folder entitled, “APA Formatting Guides”):
a. I would source credit my selected article in the body of a paper as follows:

First citation would be: Holowka, Marx, Kaloupek, and Keane. (2011)
Subsequent citations would be: Holowka et al. (2011)

b. I would reference-list my selected article in Reference list that would be attached to the end of a paper as follows

Holowka, D. W., Marx, B.P., Kaloupek, D.G., Keane, T.M. (201 April 4). PTSD Symptoms Among Male
Vietnam Veterans: Prevalence and Associations with Diagnostic Status. Psy...

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...ose with past diagnosis of PTSD hypervigilance was the most commonly cited symptom.
4) There was little difference in the reported symptom patterns from those who have comorbid disorders.
5) Detachment and hypervigilance are symptoms that distinguish between those with other conditions and those with PTSD and comorbid disorders.
6) For those with comorbid disorders, the pattern of PTSD symptoms did not change but simply amplified how those symptoms presented.
7) There are similar patterns of symptom distribution and severity between those with PTSD only and those with a psychotic disorder only.
8) 3 decades after the traumatic events, many of these veterans continue to experience symptoms of PTSD.
9) While this study adds to the body of research in this subject area, a fuller understanding of trauma and is effects is necessary. So additional research is needed.