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While controversy flares over whether this anxiety-related condition even exists, two men are certain of it based on their own experiences. This program examines the disorder associated with anxiety symptoms experienced following the witnessing of a traumatic event. One man, who witnessed the deaths of his two teenage daughters, and another man shot in an IRA ambush, give highly personal accounts of the behavioral changes experienced as a result of...
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This volume explores post-traumatic stress disorder in detail, beginning with an overview chapter that covers symptoms, causes and effects, treatments, cures and medical advances. The second chapter presents numerous pro/con essays on the controversies surrounding the disorder, including its causes and treatments. The final chapter, which contains engaging first-person accounts from people coping with the disease, provides readers with personal perspectives...
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"Terrible things happen sometimes. Unfortunately, the traumas in our past don't always stay in the past. Traumatic experiences can cause anxiety, nightmares, and flashbacks that can last for months or years. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental condition that is difficult for any person to deal with. But PTSD can be treated, lessening the symptoms associated with this frightening disorder. The lives of millions of kids are affected by...
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"In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD. Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, posttraumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the...
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, provides information on how to help school children of all ages cope with violence and disasters. NIMH discusses such topics as posttraumatic stress disorder and children's reactions to trauma, and suggests ways to help trauma survivors.
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Corporal Martin Webster became publicly vilified when his cell phone footage of British soldiers beating young Iraqi civilians, accompanied by Webster's mocking voice-over, went viral in 2006. Even now Webster finds it hard to listen to his own insensitive comments, saying he was a different person when the video was made. This deeply personal documentary follows Webster for 18 months, starting from the day he left the army to cope with posttraumatic...