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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Nicole Smith
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Nicole Smith
A with Honors Projects
This research paper examines post-traumatic stress disorder and its effects, symptoms and cures.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Changing Soldiers Lives Forever, Scott Blanck
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Changing Soldiers Lives Forever, Scott Blanck
A with Honors Projects
This is a research paper on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its affects on soldiers.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Look Into The Cause, Gender Differences, And Treatment, Barbara Wallen
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Look Into The Cause, Gender Differences, And Treatment, Barbara Wallen
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Posttraumatic stress disorder, better known as PTSD came to light during the Vietnam Era. Throughout history, this stress disorder has been called various things in the 150 years since it was first recognized. However, each new word had several characteristics in common, such as re-experiencing, numbing and physiological arousal.
The process of Darwinian “natural selection” corroborated the evolution of people with highly developed stress responses. Those pre-historic people with the most useful “fight or flight” reflexes became our ancestors. An example of this is that during the 19th Century, PTSD was called “Railway Spine” and was associated with what …