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Showing 1 to 20 of 355 for “"Posttraumatic Stress"”.
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Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… children is needed. One mental health disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is rising in U.S. prevalence. In the literature, there is limited knowledge about the defining factors of Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PPTSD), its comorbidities and outcomes. Given the dynamic and …
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Acetylcholine and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition that can develop following exposure to a traumatic event involving actual or threatened death or serious injury. Responses include intense fear, helplessness or horror. Symptoms are characterised into clusters, described as …
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Distinct Diagnosis: Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is exhibited in patients who have distressing and/or impairing thoughts and behaviors after a traumatic event. The DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, text revision) currently lists several associated features of PTSD that researchers have …
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Posttraumatic stress among children in automobile accidents
… (DICA-R). Results indicated a range of posttraumatic symptomatology among accident victims. Despite low levels of physical injury, approximately one fourth of the sample children reported moderate to severe levels of trauma. As expected, higher injury levels were related to more PTSD …
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Cardiovascular Reactivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression
Exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stress has been implicated in the increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet mixed results have been reported. The CVR research may have been confounded by underrepresentation of women, …
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Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in South Africa
… thesis is to analyze data from the South African Stress and Health (SASH) study and , for the first time, generate information on the epidemiology of traumatic event s (TEs) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and on the association of TEs with other psychopathological and physical health …
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Factor Structure of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Torture Survivors
… current study is to examine structural models of posttraumatic stress symptoms, as measured by the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire-Revised (HTQ-R; Mollica et al., 1992; Mollica, McDonald, Massagli, & Silove, 2004). Participants were international torture survivors who sought psychological treatment …
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Development of the Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms -- Childhood Obesity Model
… for an obesity outcome in children who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and whose parents have posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) or PTSD. A literature review provided the basis for the model and covered the areas of childhood obesity, parental PTSS, childhood PTSD, adverse …
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Facial Expression Discrimination in Adults Experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
<p>The present study examined the impact of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) on adults’ ability to discriminate between various facial expressions of emotions. Additionally, the study examined whether individuals reporting PTSS exhibited an attentional bias toward threat-related facial …
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Combat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Effect of Intelligence on Symptomatology
… this study was to examine the relations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptomatology and intelligence. Thirty American combat veterans of the Vietnam War, diagnosed with chronic PTSD, were given a psychodiagnostic structured interview. Participants were assessed for Intelligence Quotient …
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Working Memory in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Trauma Cue Reactivity
Posttraumatic stress disorder involves a constellation of neural and behavioral alterations in response to trauma exposure. Aside from symptoms involved in posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis, patients frequently present with working memory impairments. Working memory training has been …
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TREATING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG AGING VETERANS: WHAT WORKS?
<p>Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious condition with debilitating symptoms which affects military veterans and has been understudied in the older population. Aside from treating the veterans of the Vietnam War and World War II, as service members from more recent conflicts age, the …
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Identification of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Post-ICU Patients
… critical care are experiencing post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS) as a result of life-saving interventions received in the intensive care unit (ICU). PTSS is associated with poor patient outcomes and decreased quality of life compared to post-ICU patients without PTSS. Personal and clinical …
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Social Attitudes toward Men and Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… traumatic events, the risk of developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is at least twice as high in women than in men after exposure to comparable traumas. These findings are more consistent in response to some types of trauma (e.g., assaultive violence) than others (e.g., natural …
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Anger and Guilt in Treatment for Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Anger and guilt are associated with PTSD and depression (e.g., Novaco & Chemtob, 2002; Henning & Freuh, 1997). Yet, little work has investigated how anger, guilt, PTSD and depression relate in baseline psychopathology, treatment engagement, and outcome. The present study utilized baseline, …
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Expanding the Role of Criterion A2 in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric construct that refers to symptoms that may follow exposure to a traumatic event. The current definition of a traumatic event differentiates between the objective event, criterion A1, and an individual’s subjective response, criterion A2. This study …
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Expanding the Role of Criterion A2 in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric construct that refers to symptoms that may follow exposure to a traumatic event. The current definition of a traumatic event differentiates between the objective event, criterion A1, and an individual’s subjective response, criterion A2. This study …
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MILITARY VETERANS WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
<p>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has affected millions of veterans who have served in the United States Military. PTSD causes severe impairments in one's mental health, and is correlated with homelessness, substance abuse, and unemployment. Recently, the United States Department Veterans …
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