Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( Ptsd ) - 812 Words

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD), described by DSM-5 is in which he or she has been exposed to a traumatic event either experiencing or witnessing the event. PTSD classified in DSM is related to the family of anxiety disorders but also involves dissociative symptomology (Dombeck). DSM first identified Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a psychiatric disorder in 1980. The 1980’s had many mental health professionals having trouble diagnosing veterans coming back from the Vietnam War. Scientists believe PTSD was identified and recognized thoroughly in the view of soldiers coming back from the Vietnam War was because they were not openly welcome and were not identified to be heroes (Loughran, 2011). Since these soldiers coming back from†¦show more content†¦It redefined the symptoms of the disorder as a normal response to an abnormal event rather than a pathological condition† (Loughran, 2011). PTSD is caused by many different events that occurs in her or his life but is mainly connected to traumatic events. â€Å"Post-traumatic stress disorder is triggered by psychologically traumatic events outside the usual range of human experience. Such events include a serious threat to a person’s life or physical integrity (for example, rape, motor vehicle accident, or violent assault), destruction of a person’s home or community (for example, through a natural disaster or fire), or seeing another person who is mutilated, dying or dead† (Loughran, 2011). Each person is different in the way he or she reacts to a traumatic event and some are able to recover easily and some are not able to recover as easily. â€Å"How people experience their wounding brought on by a traumatizing event is strongly related to their personal temperament, personal history (especially any prior traumas), context (the setting or environment), and the subjective impact of the event† (Krippner, Pitchford, Davies, 2012). Post-Traumatic Stress Diso rder symptoms include hyper arousal, re-experiencing and dissociation (Sher Vilens, 2010). With hyper arousal, he or she has increased anxiety and emotional arousal. This includes difficulty falling or staying asleep, irritability or outbursts of anger,