Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder — Recovery
The term PTSD is often heard these days in relation to many violent or terrible events.
Quite often, it happens to those veterans returning from wars or victims of traumatic events such as natural disasters like earthquakes or tsunamis.
It can affect victims in many ways.
Symptoms could involve random memories of the trigger event, violent nightmares, flashbacks, or fear and avoidance of certain situations that bring on bad recollections, anxiety, or depression.
Treatments can involve management by medication or targeted psychotherapy.
Success Rates: Apparently, approximately 6% of the population will suffer from a form of PTSD at some time.
Out of the treatments, 53% of sufferers receiving one out of three therapies will recover, and 42% will drive PTSD into remission by medication alone.
Types of Treatment:
Psychotherapy
Otherwise known as talk therapy, where professional mental health practitioners use various techniques to talk out and change those bad emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. They provide continuing support not only to the victims of PTSD but also to their families if they have also been affected. These sessions can be one-on-one or group therapy and last between 6 to 12 weeks or…
