Posts tagged Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder In Children

  Ed Smith | October 20, 2006 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Studies show that one-third of children involved in a motor vehicle accident display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The degree of the accident is not relevant, though if the child perceived the collision as life threatening the child would more likely develop PTSD. Also females tend to be more prone to this disorder compared to males. How can the needs of these children be...

• Memory of traumatic event leads to increased risk of PTSD

  Ed Smith | October 17, 2006 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In a recent article in the Journal of Loss and Trauma, it was found that individuals who had a good memory of a traumatic event were most at risk to develop post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) in the future.

• Staff, family support can reduce post ICU stay PTSD risk

  Ed Smith | October 17, 2006 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Support from family and medical staff is a vry important factor in preventing post-traumatic stress disorder after a major intensive care intervention. In a recent study in Germany, it was shown that those survivors of a major surgery who had high preeived support from family and medical staff were much less likely to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) down the line.