1. - A common disorder in which a person
experiences disabling anxiety after a
traumatic event that involved physical
harm or threat.
Posttraumatic Stress
Disorders

2.  PTSD is associated with emotions like fear and
anger.
 This disorder can occur in any age, including
childhood.
 Women are more likely to develop PTSD, and
can be genetic.
 Researchers found out that it is the overworking
of the Amygdala, a part of our brain that regulates
fear, that causes PTSD.
 A person diagnosed with PTSD tend to have
abnormal level of hormones.

3. DIAGNOSIS:
Symptoms of PTSD:
 Starle easily, emotionally numb, irritable,
sometimes aggressive and violent.
 Feelings of guilt
 Nightmares and difficulty in sleeping
 Jumpiness or alertness
 Difficulty trusting others
 Flashbacks

4. Physical symptoms:
 Headaches
 Gastrointestinal distress
 Immune system problems
 Dizziness
 Chest pain
 discomfort

5. How can you develop PTSD?
 Gulf War Syndrome/Military Combat
 Natural Disasters
 Torture
 Rape or Sexual Abuse
 Car accident or Plane Crash
 By witnessing a traumatic event

6. What can accompany PTSD?
 Nervous breakdown
 A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder, especially
when occurring suddenly and marked by depression.
 Depression (suicidal thoughts)
 Substance abuse

7. Acute traumatic stress disorder:
 Acute stress disorder (ASD) is characterized by
acute stress reactions that may occur in the initial
month after a person is exposed to a traumatic
event (threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violation).
 Occurs within 3 days and maximum of 4 weeks.

8. DIAGNOSIS:
Symptoms:
 A subjective sense of numbing, detachment, or
absence of emotional responsiveness
 A reduction in awareness of his or her
surroundings (e.g., “being in a daze”)
 Derealization
 Depersonalization
 Dissociative amnesia (i.e., inability to recall an
important aspect of the trauma)

9. Epidemiology:
 The point prevalence of acute stress disorder
(ASD) following trauma exposure has been
estimated at between 5 and 20 percent,
depending on the nature and severity of trauma
and the instrument used to identify the disorder
 U.S. National Comorbidity Survey Replication
 Gulf War Veterans
 Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi
Freedom
.

10. Treatment:
 Pharmacotherapy
 Psychotherapy
Usually, patients with PTSD tend to recover
within 6 monts.