1. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

2. Overview What is PTSD? Signs and Symptoms Treatment Statistics
Communication
Summary

3. What causes PTSD? Child Abuse or Domestic Abuse Violent Attacks
Disasters
Accidents
Military Combat
- Posttraumatic stress disorder[1][2] (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to one or more terrifying events in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.[3] It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma.[4] (
-Provide information to the public to create awareness around PTSD
Violent attacks: rape, robbery, bullying

4. Signs of PTSD Easily Startled Nightmares Difficulty Concentrating
Difficulty Sleeping
Feelings of Emotional Numbness
Less Interest in Usual Activities

5. Treatment of PTSD Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Medications
CBT: therapist helps you understand and change how you think about your trauma and its aftermath
Exposure Therapy: your goal is to have less fear about your memories
EMDR: New kind of therapy; While talking about your memories, you'll focus on distractions like eye movements, hand taps, and sounds. For example, your therapist will move his or her hand near your face, and you'll follow this movement with your eyes.
Medications: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a type of antidepressant medicine. These can help you feel less sad and worried. They appear to be helpful, and for some people they are very effective. SSRIs include citalopram (Celexa), fluoxetine (such as Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), and sertraline (Zoloft).

6. Statistics World War II Korea Vietnam Afghanistan Iraq
WWII: 1 out of 20
Korea: as many as 30%
Vietnam: 15.2% of all males; 8.1 % of women; 161,000 veterans are receiving disability compensation
Afghanistan: 18% suffer from a psychological disorder appox. 183 w/ PTSD
Iraq: 20% psycological disorder; appox. 12,500 veterans are receiving treatment for PTSD alone; 8-10% of women suffer from PTSD that served in Iraq (

7. Communication Keeping silent in a war zone is a common practice
Talking to friends, family, therapist, writing
Self talk
Taking a communication class; reading the same book at the same time with some one you care about