Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is found among survivors of the Holocaust, car accidents, sexual assaults, and war being the number one. PTSD has been around for thousands of years. Three thousand years ago, an Egyptian combat veteran name Hori wrote about the feelings he experienced before war and after war. The symptoms mentioned in his recordings were reliving the event with flashbacks, and nightmares, avoiding situations that remind you of the event, negative changes in beliefs and feelings, and hyper arousal which made falling asleep difficult, trouble concentrating, and startled by any loud. Swiss military physicians in 1678 were among the first to identify and name a number of behaviors on combat reactions. The term before for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was Nostalgia. Many consider the Civil War to have had a big impact on many of the soldiers at the time. Neurobiological research shows that PTSD may be involved with the central and automatic nervous system (The VVA Veteran--A Short History of PTSD).
PTSD can have long-term health problems. The risk factors include an increase of white blood cell count, which is an infection or serious blood disorder that can lead to leukemia (High white blood cell count). “An estimated 7.8 percent of Americans will experience PTSD at some point in their lives, with women (10.4%) twice as likely as men (5%) to develop PTSD. About 3.6 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 54 (5.2 million people) have PTSD during the course of a given year” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).There is some evidence that shows specific neurological failure of functioning present in people who have PTSD. Many psychologists have not yet found a method to help rid PTSD for those who suffer from it. Several therapies are suggested for betterment of the disorder, medications are also prescribed. However there is no evidence that medications or different types of therapies help completely heal the person’s disorder (Bowirrat, A., Chen, T., Blum, K., Madigan, M., Bailey, J., Chen, A., et al.).
PTSD can have long-term health problems. The risk factors include an increase of white blood cell count, which is an infection or serious blood disorder that can lead to leukemia (High white blood cell count). “An estimated 7.8 percent of Americans will experience PTSD at some point in their lives, with women (10.4%) twice as likely as men (5%) to develop PTSD. About 3.6 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 54 (5.2 million people) have PTSD during the course of a given year” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).There is some evidence that shows specific neurological failure of functioning present in people who have PTSD. Many psychologists have not yet found a method to help rid PTSD for those who suffer from it. Several therapies are suggested for betterment of the disorder, medications are also prescribed. However there is no evidence that medications or different types of therapies help completely heal the person’s disorder (Bowirrat, A., Chen, T., Blum, K., Madigan, M., Bailey, J., Chen, A., et al.).