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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. By: Joanna Esker, Meredith Brunkow, Megan Martin and Daira Moore. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that some people get after seeing or living through a dangerous or traumatic event.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder By: Joanna Esker, Meredith Brunkow, Megan Martin and Daira Moore
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that some people get after seeing or living through a dangerous or traumatic event.
PTSD Symptoms Unpleasant Memories Emotions & Anxiety Avoidance Avoid referring about incident Outburst of anger or violence Nightmares Flashbacks Avoiding social gatherings Guilt/ Shame/ Worry
How can I help my loved one? • Encourage support systems • Learning how to deal with anger • Be a good listener
How can I help my Children? • Explain that its not their fault • Encourage activities • Support systems
How can I prepare myself? • Remind yourself that nobody has all the answers. • Take care of your physical and mental health. • Support Networks
Treatment • Medicine—Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) • Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EDMR)
Therapy • Group Therapy • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy • Family Therapy
Wounded Warrior Project • Vision: To foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation’s history. • Purpose: To raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members. To provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members. • Providing programs that will benefit soldiers, family members and children.
Restore Warriors • 600,000 men and women soldiers will have a mental disorder coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. • Works with families of soldiers dealing with PTSD. • Offering tools, strategies and learning from others dealing with PTSD>
Establish Community Connections for Military families and provide support for children. • Connecting youth who are experiencing the same situation. • Provide programs for children. • Provide social and educational programs for children and family members of deployed soldiers.
Dual Diagnosis • Veterans experiencing PTSD can also experience substance abuse. • Other conditions that may occur with PTSD are: • Depression • Anxiety • Sleep disorders • PTSD Dual Diagnosis Centers—Marshalltown, Iowa
Dubuque Mercy Hospital • The Dubuque Outpatient Clinic • Provides primary care • Preventative health • Wellness service • Iowa City VA Health Care System • Hillcrest Family Services
Raising Awareness • Our 2013 campaign theme is: Take the Step... Raise PTSD Awareness • PTSD Awareness Month: June 2013 • June 27th was named PTSD Awareness Day by Congress • What YOU can do: • Set up a table with PTSD information • Get local media to air a PTSD public service announcement • Include a story about PTSD in your company or group newsletter • Share our social media posts • Gather a group to learn about PTSD using one of our online modules • Share your own ideas on our PTSD Information Facebook page!
Senate File 301 • A bill for an act relating to the Iowa veterans home and providing for the consideration of contributions to support as repayment receipts. • Proposal: March 04, 2013 • Status of bill: Withdrawn March 27, 2013
Senate File 190 • A bill for an act creating a task force to provide a statewide assessment of veterans' and military service members' needs. • Proposed: February 13, 2013 • Last date posted of action: February 18, 2013
Speeding up the Process • July 2010 • No longer providing documented proof of trauma, screening will replace verification • VA will now recognize what causes PTSD overseas as valid • Pending claims will be included in new policy • 400,000+ veterans receive benefits for PTSD • $5.2 billion • "The system has always paid for this, whether the system pays because the veteran comes to one of our centers and identifies the condition, whether he’s being treated at a medical center for other conditions and this comes up, or whether he doesn’t get treated at all and society pays in other ways.”
The Many Faces of PTSD • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr082CNtV9M&list=PLC87C65F04DE484C0