By: Kai Corbin and Justin Stocks

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD is a mental condition that effects you after a traumatic, or scary experience. It is an anxiety disease that effects you mentally, socially, and sometimes even physically. PTSD is also known as shell-shock and battle fatigue.

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What Is PTSD?

PTSD has many causes, some more disturbing than others. These causes include:

Graphic instances of violence, as in war.

Sexual abuse.

Kidnapping.

Natural disasters.

Sudden death of a loved one.

Childhood neglect.

Assault.

Car or plane crashes.

Causes from http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/post-traumatic-stress-disorder

Causes of PTSD

The symptoms of PTSD include:

Reliving: people go back into there memories and relive their traumatic experience.

Avoiding: people end up avoiding others so they can be in solitude.

Increased arousal: people have more intense emotions.

Symptoms from http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/post-traumatic-stress-disorder

Symptoms of PTSD

Performing complete medical history and psych evaluation.

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How is it Diagnosed?

Prevention of PTSD completely depends on the patient.

People can get support.

You can talk to someone.

Seek out a mental professional.

Turn to your faith.

Prevention from http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/post-traumatic-stress-disorder

Prevention

Treatments are as follows:

Go to a medical professional (I would consider corporate landing medical office).

Go to a psychotherapy office.

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Treatment Options

• 70% of adults have experienced some traumatic experience in their lives.

• 20% of these people go on to develop PTSD.

• 8% of Americans develop PTSD at any given time.

• 50% of mental patients have PTSD.

• Statistics from http://healmyptsd.com/education/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-statistics

PTSD Statistics

Thank You

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