These approaches have shown great improvement in a variety of disorders including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, and eating disorders such as Bulimia Nervosa. ... The therapist helps the individual establish more positive thought patterns and set clear, attainable goals for themselves. ... CBT has durable effects. ... Consequently, antidepressant medication provides a stringent standard of comparison for the effects of CBT. ... The depth of these feelings are so great that they interfere with the individual's everyday life. ...

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Traumatic experiences characterize the expulsion, journey, and arrival of a great many refugees with consequent elevation in post-traumatic stress and drug use (Mills, 2012). ... The effects of early traumatizing experiences depend of characteristics both of the individual and of the social context before and after the atrocities (Montgomery, 2010). ... Mental health professionals working with refugees often identify problems in three basic areas- anxiety/depression, PTSD, and substance abuse (Rado, 1997). ... There are a variety of risk factors that lead to substance abuse, even without the...

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Severe facial injuries not only affect the person's looks but they also leave the individual with devastating effects from the injuries as well. ... The symptoms of depression and anxiety in many cases may be sub-threshold and may not meet the full diagnostic criteria of a psychiatric disorder. ... Depression places the individual at increased risk for suicide, poor compliance with treatment and poor rehabilitation outcome. ... Depression and anxiety associated with severe facial trauma is often coupled with worries regarding recovery and length of the treatment process. ... Only a hand...

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(Doruyter) Trauma effects dimensions of behavioral functioning and psychological responses to physical and psychological injuries. ... It is very important to understand that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not a unidimensional phenomenon there are many psychological effects of trauma that are expressed on all levels you have physical, psychological, social, spiritual, interpersonal, some people with this disorder may have systems of belief, ideology, values, and meaning of life. ... Research has shown that this is one of the most effective types of counseling, the goal is to unders...

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PTSD symptoms are also noted amongst great characters in the Bible. ... Natural disasters can have lasting effects, one being PTSD. ... Working on inner evils and issue is the sole way to provide relief from the adverse effects of PTSD. ... Spirituality functions as a positive coping skill in several ways including finding meaning, purpose, and hope, a positive self-identity, being connected to a community (Huguelet & Mohr, 2013). ... Mental disorders such as depression and general anxiety disorder have also been linked as a predetermining factor for later developing PTSD. ...

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These procedures, whose magnitude is so great that it changes the very way our bodies deal with certain emotions, should not be conducted in today's society, nor any society in the years to come. ... THE EFFECTS: There is speculation which suggests that tinkering with such natural bodily processes could potentially be damaging to our body. ... Nevertheless, there can be positive outcomes resulting from this procedure. For example, rape victims and war veterans would be able to receive positive benefits. ... For example, Prozac was launched in attempt to alle...

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