Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental illness that develops in some individuals who have experienced an overwhelming and unusual event that generates tremendous stress, such as military combat, a natural or man-made disaster (such as an earthquake or plane crash), or a violent assault. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (1987), states that PTSD can occur only following a psychologically distressing event that is outside t

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ors transferred the suffering associated with the Holocaust into physical as well as psychological disorders. There appeared to be a fundamental psychobiological change in the central nervous system as a result of psychic, not physical, trauma. Theories of a physiological impact stemmed from the persistence of stress symptoms among these survivors, despite adequate psychological care. Holocaust sufferers would sometimes describe an inability to separate their dream mental states from their conscious states. They reported sudden changes in consciousness in which illusions or hallucinations would vividly recreate the traumatic experience. It was as if alterations in the operation of the central nervous system had refocused some conscious activity on re-experiencing the trauma as if it were happening today. This is particularly interesting given the renewed interest in the relationship between neuroscience and psychiatry in contemporary science. VIETNAM VETERANS The Vietnam War generated a whole new generation of research concerning post-trauma stress disorder. Vietnam veterans demonstrated an unusual inability to reintegrate into American society. Their problems of reintegration were unique. The persistence of stress
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