Literature Review: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Literature Review: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Research Question

In order to understand and comprehend the kind of issues and concern, which are being paved way for the development and understanding of the research study underway, a research question shall be established, which shall act as a driving force for the development of the entire research.

In this case above, the research question undertaken for study and analysis is 'analyzing the impacts of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) upon the cognitive development of human beings'.

Introduction

The posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified among the anxiety disorders afflicting approximately one in ten people and is among the most common mental health problems. PTSD, found both in children than in adults. The disease may reach such proportions that the individual may have difficulty leading a normal life.

Fortunately, there are treatments that help people who suffer from back to normal life (McQuaid, Pedrelli, McCahill, Stein, 2001). PTSD is a psychological disorder classified in the group of disorders of anxiety, which occurs as a result of exposure to a serious event involving physical harm.

It is an emotional reaction to a severe psychological trauma. The factors of stress may involve someone's death; a threat to the patient's life or someone else's. A serious physical injury or any other threat to physical or psychological harm, to a degree that person's mental defenses cannot cope with the situation.

In some cases, it can also occur due to a deep psychological or emotional trauma, not necessarily physical damage, but usually involves both factors combined. If a mother or father is affected, PTSD can cause negative consequences for parent-child relationship and child development, as identified by McQuaid, Pedrelli, McCahill and Stein in their article.

The American Psychiatric Association defines the state of Post Traumatic stress as "a morbid condition occurred at the waning of an exceptionally violent event, capable of causing distress to anyone. For example, being threatened for personal life or that of relatives, being assaulted, or victimized by an accident or disaster.

Facts about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The majority of people experience a traumatic event in our culture, once in a lifetime. The risk for men is between 60 and 80% to 50-75% for women (Christiansen and Elklit, 2008). In America, traffic accidents, violence and sexual assault experiences as well as the sudden death of a loved one are the most common traumatic experiences. However, only some of those people later in a post-traumatic stress disorder. The risk in the course of life at some point of suffering from post traumatic stress disorder in women is 10-12% to 5-6% in men.

When people intentionally caused by a trauma, (sexual abuse, violence and war) often occur post-traumatic stress disorder and natural disasters, industrial disasters or accidents. Meanwhile, there are a number of studies on the therapeutic success in post-traumatic stress disorder (Christiansen and Elklit, 2008).

The psychotherapeutic treatment of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder in America, partly in the context of the victim assistance funded by the ...