Of these services, medical and psychological treatment is tantamount to stabilization. ... Whether this be for reasons of potential somatic or conversion disorder, there is the hypothesis indicating the exaggeration is the result of deliberate deception for secondary gains. ... Many returning veterans do not seek out services and benefits from the government, and there are many more that do report medical and psychological issues without benefit of exaggeration. ... Binder and Campbell (2004) directed their review to focus on the potential for stress, biological contributors, environment ...

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Traumatic events are experiences that cause physical, emotional, psychological distress, or harm; This event is perceived and experienced as a threat to one's safety or to the stability of one's world (University of Maryland Medical Center, 2014).Succeeding the experience or witnessing of serious events such as military combat, terrorist incidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood describes the psychiatric illness known as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder("Post Traumatic Stress Disorder"). ... People with PTSD experience three different kinds of symptoms ("Post Trauma...

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Close corroborative investigation makes it seems likely that some persons - especially those with DID - have not really experienced the abuse, which they describe vividly to their psychological interviewers. Multiple personality disorder (MPD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by having at least one "alter" personality, which controls behavior. ... By this dissociative process, thoughts, feelings, memories, and perceptions of the traumatic experiences can be separated off psychologically, allowing the child to function as if the trauma had not occurred. ... What is also widely believed...

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(Herman 12, 28) Victims were psychologically inclined to mask and forget their awful experiences, and society at large preferred not to contemplate the subject of atrocity if it could be helped. ... The first doctors to recognize the problems caused by psychological trauma were Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud in their psychoanalysis of hysterical woman. ... (The Century) Thus soldiers broke down into a mental disease which was then known as "shell shock" but is now categorized in the much broader disease called "posttraumatic stress disorder." ... It was also estimated that shell-shock ...

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that may develop after a person is exposed to terrifying events such as war (Dryden-Edwards, 2014). ... The symptoms could have possibly mirrored those closely of other psychological illness such as depression or anxiety. ... Weesley, conducted research on the variations of the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among combat veterans. ... The physical wounds of war relatively easy to identify and result in some type of recognition, but the psychological wounds from combat are just as devastating. ... Soldiers, who ar...

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The struggles of refugee life often lead to mental health disorders and substance abuse. ... I want to address the role that trauma plays, whether or not there is effective treatment for refugees who suffer from mental disorders and substance abuse, and if early treatment of PTSD (and other disorders) will lead to less substance abuse in refugee populations later in life. Psychological Issues for Refugees Besides the suffering accompanying refugee life, refugees also experience unparalleled psychological distress. ... In response to such physical, psychological, and emotional turmoil, it is...

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Septimus Warren Smith and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. ... "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder General Information: The Nature of PTSD."" The National Centre for War-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD). ... Several psychological problems may develop when an individual experiences severe trauma, such as serving in a war. ... Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is "a serious psychological reaction that develops in some people following experience of overwhelmingly frightening or traumatic events- (NCPTSD). ...

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