Department of Veterans Affairs has established a policy where the use of self-report is a necessity to document post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and medical afflictions-regardless of verifiable documentation. ... Binder and Campbell (2004) directed their review to focus on the potential for stress, biological contributors, environment and psychological factors to influence the presence of medically inexplicable disorders including Persian Gulf War illness, gastrointestinal disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome (p. 375). ... Carlton et al., (2009) stressed the multiple...

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In 2009 the first state to allow the use of cannabis as treatment for patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder was New Mexico. ... The Nebraska Department of Veteran Affairs defines Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a psychiatric disorder that happens after the experience or seeing of a near death event similar to sexual or physical assault in adult or childhood, serious accidents, natural disasters, military combat, terrorist incidents or serious accidents. ... However, some survivors will have stress reactions that will not go way and they will not return to normal or may even get worse ov...

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When families are given a increase in income, stress decreases and when stress decreases people are more happy. When parents are less stressed they are able to interact with people, and it is very important to be able to interact with your kids. ... This examines the roles of childhood neglect and childhood poverty during later childhood on the affects of being diagnosed with PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and (MDD) Major Depressive Disorder. ...

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