PTSD

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)
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Index

• What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? (PTSD)
• Symptoms
• Causes
• Therapy
• About Meddco

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What is Post Traumatic StressDisorder? (PTSD)

• Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a
  psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who
  have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event
  such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a
  terrorist act, war or who have been threatened
  with death, sexual violence or serious injury.

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Symptoms

• Upsetting dreams or nightmares about the
  traumatic event.
• Negative thoughts about oneself or the world
• Distorted feelings like guilt or blame
• Lack of interest in activities you once enjoyed
• Difficulty experiencing positive emotions
• Feeling emotionally numb

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Causes

• Post-traumatic stress disorder can happen anytime
  we experience a violent, unexpected, or shocking
  act thats difficult to process.
• It can occur whether you actually experience a
  trauma first hand, or if its something you
  simply witnessed, even from a distance.
• People who feel emotional or chronic physical
  pain for long periods of time are
  significantly more likely to develop depression.

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Treatment

• Psychotherapy or talk therapy help to cope with
  trauma.
• Cognitive therapy. This type of talk therapy
  helps recognize the ways of thinking that are
  keeping one stuck.
• Exposure therapy is an approach which uses
  virtual reality programs that allow to re-enter
  the setting in which one experienced trauma.
• Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
  (EMDR) EMDR combines exposure therapy with a
  series of guided eye movements that help one
  process traumatic memories and change how one
  react to them.
• Medications

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