Categories: All - trauma - symptoms - risks - therapy

by nova martin 5 years ago

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PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can arise from various traumatic events experienced in both personal and professional lives. These events include physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, natural disasters, war, terrorism, and workplace hostility.

PTSD

PTSD

Statistics

home
9.2% of Canadians are known to have PTSD
career
journalists
slaughterhouse
doctor
emergency help

ambulance

firefighter

police

therapists
military
gender
more females than males

Support

worker's compensation
socialization
hope
exercise
professional medication
therapy
group
cognitive
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
exposure

Signs

tired
self harming
intruding thoughts
isolation
guilt
aggression
nightmares
avoidance
flashbacks
depression
anxiety

Risks

murder
suicide
aggressive behavior
abusive behavior
self isolation
substance abuse
self harm

Causes

Private Life
mass attack

genocide

bombings

war

assault
natural disaster

huge storms

earthquake

tsunami

volcano eruption

hurricane

tornado

domestic abuse

verbal

emotional

physical

sexual

Professional Life
terrorism victim
robbery
perpetrator's guilt
hostage
hostile workplace stress
witness attack
survivor's guilt