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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe form of stress that arises from a traumatic psychological event that occurs in an individual’s life. Examples of events which result to a consequence of PTSD range from physical extremities, exposure to violence or various life-threatening experiences. Possible origins of PTSD can be dated back as the late 1500s,[1] but awareness of the disorder arose from 19th century medical doctors trying to diagnose the ill effects of soldiers after returning from battle. Being a severe, traumatic psychological disorder, there are many symptoms individuals go through as a result of it, and these numerous symptoms associated with post traumatic stress disorder can be classified into three categories: reminder of exposure, activation (such as hyperarousal and insomnia), and deactivation (such as dissociation and withdrawal).[2] As an effect of it being a psychological trauma, consequences of PTSD does not only result in symptoms that can be recorded physically, but it is also known to have an effect on the neurophysiology of PTSD patients, with emphasis on the activity level of sensory-motor regions and frontal cortices of the brain. [3]
1 Classification
PTSD was first classified and designated as a psychiatric disorder upon the release of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III) [golden]. As further editions were made, the criteria required to be formally diagnosed as a patient of PTSD (which was first introduced in the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases [4th in art.]) was entailed, and a better explanation of the disorder was subsequently revealed.
To satisfy the criteria set under DSM-IV and ICD-10, the individual must have their symptoms be displayed for at least a month and an indication of a form of impairment for an important functioning aspect of their lives such as one’s social or occupational lifestyles. [golden] If symptoms persist over a 30 day period, it is then formally recognized as an actual case of PTSD rather than acute stress disorder (ASD), as both anxiety disorders are difficult to distinguish in the first month [golden]. Severties of PTSD are ranked into the duration of the presence of symptoms, with acute PTSD becomes chronic PTSD after 3 months, and may even be classified as delayed-onset PTSD in some cases [golden].
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2 Prevalence
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3 Causes
PTSD was first classified and designated as a psychiatric disorder upon the release of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III) [golden]. As further editions were made, the criteria required to be formally diagnosed as a patient of PTSD (which was first introduced in the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases [4th in art.]) was entailed, and a better explanation of the disorder was subsequently revealed.
To satisfy the criteria set under DSM-IV and ICD-10, the individual must have their symptoms be displayed for at least a month and an indication of a form of impairment for an important functioning aspect of their lives such as one’s social or occupational lifestyles. [golden] If symptoms persist over a 30 day period, it is then formally recognized as an actual case of PTSD rather than acute stress disorder (ASD), as both anxiety disorders are difficult to distinguish in the first month [golden]. Severties of PTSD are ranked into the duration of the presence of symptoms, with acute PTSD becomes chronic PTSD after 3 months, and may even be classified as delayed-onset PTSD in some cases [golden].
3.1 Psychological Trauma
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3.1a War Veterans
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3.1b Post-natal Mothers
3.2 Physical Trauma
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The neurowiki looks to be heading in the right direction. I' not sure if you'll make mention to concussions in war veterans, but if so, please feel free to link your neurowiki to the concussion pages, including mine on "Methods in Concussion Detection and Assessment".
hi, i'm also talking about PTSD in my topic (dual diagnosis: substance addiction and PTSD), so i'm looking forward to your page, will definitely link it! i've also read a great amount of literature about PTSD talking about 9/11 as a lot of research were published after and in relation to that. so you might want to include a bit about that if you want. :)
I am looking forward to reading this neurowiki, it seems well thought out! I linked to it from mine when i was talking about selective memory erasure as a possible treatment for PTSD.
Your topic is really interesting, I like the idea of mentioning war veterans with PTSD. Fot the video link you uploaded though, could you possibly get the actual video as part of the page in there? Im sure its just a matter of the code writing. Overall, great work!