Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, A Traumatic Mental Disorders

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

is a mental health condition that is triggered by the horrific events. Symptoms may include memory flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts about the traumatic event.

Many people who experience a traumatic event find it difficult to adjust for some time. As time goes by and self-care, traumatic reactions usually improves. But in some cases, symptoms may become worse or last for months or even years.Sometimes trauma can actually shake the living. In such a case, be careful, you may experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Cause

PTSD emerged after experiencing or seeing an event that causes feelings of fear helplessness or horror. Like most mental health problems, PTSD can be caused by a combination of several factors:
1. Mental health risks caused by hereditary or genetic factors, such as anxiety and depression
2. Lives and experiences, including the number and level of traumatic events that have been experienced
3. Factors of personality or temperament is often called
4. Brain chemicals and hormones released in response to stress

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms usually begin in three months of the traumatic events experienced. In a small number of cases, symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder may not appear until years after the traumatic event.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms can come and go. Symptoms may appear more often when subjected to unusual stress, or when considering the events that have occurred.For example; see news reports of rape and then was attacked by his own memories of events experienced.

Medically, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was diagnosed based on signs and symptoms and a thoroughpsychological evaluation. Your doctor or mental health professional will ask to describe the signs and symptoms experienced. Doctors will also be asked to describe the events leading to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Physical examination is also necessary to examine other medical problems.

Criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to be diagnosed include:
1. Experiencing or witnessing an event that causes death or serious injury, or threat of death or serious injury
2. The reaction to the events that caused intense fear, horror or helplessness
3. Recalling the experience of these events, such as a picture and the memories are sad, troubling dreams, flashbacks or even physical reaction
4. Trying to avoid situations or things that remind of the traumatic event or feeling emotionally numb
5. Feeling as if constantly alert so that cause difficulty sleeping or concentrating
6. Symptoms last more than a month
7. The symptoms cause significant suffering in your life or interfere with the ability to execute daily activities

Naturally, if it has a variety of feelings and emotions are unstable after a traumatic event. Feelings of fear and anxiety, lack of focus, sadness, changes in sleep patterns and cry a lot. Having nightmares or can not stop thinking about the incident does not mean having PTSD.

But if the thoughts and feelings lasted for more than a month and getting worse, or if you have trouble controlling life, consult with your doctor. Receive treatment as soon as possible can help prevent symptoms of PTSD worsened.

Treatment and Prevention
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment include administering medication and psychotherapy.

Drugs
1. Several types of medications can help to overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
2. Antipsychotics. To reduce the severe anxiety, insomnia and emotional outbursts.
3. Antidepressants. To overcome the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Can also help overcome the problem of insomnia and improve concentration.
4. Drugs. anti-anxiety drug also can treat anxiety and stress.
5. Prazosin. This drug has been used for years in the treatment of hypertension.Although the drug is not specifically approved for the treatment of PTSD, prazosin may reduce or suppress a nightmare for many people with PTSD.

Psychotherapy
Several types of therapy can be used to treat children and adults with PTSD. Can also use individual therapy, group therapy or combine both. Group therapy can offer a way to connect with others through similar experiences.

Several types of therapy used in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment include:
1. Cognitive therapy. This therapy helps to identify ways of thinking (cognitive patterns) that makes the trapped, for example, ways of negative or inaccurate understanding of the normal situation. In the treatment of PTSD, cognitive therapy is often used in conjunction with behavioral therapy called exposure therapy.
2. Exposure therapy. Behavioral therapy techniques that help patients safely to face a very frightening thing encountered so that patients can learn to cope effectively.
3. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). This type of therapy that combines exposure therapy with a series of guided eye movements to help process the traumatic memories

Support from family and friends who will listen and offer comfort greatly help overcome the symptoms of trauma. Some people may also find it helpful to switch to a spiritual community or spiritual adviser. It can also prevent to solve the problem with unhealthy ways, such as alcohol use.