How does PTSD affect everyday life.

Treatment

Psychotherapy

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

evaluates and changes trauma related thoughts

impact it has had on the persons beliefs

Prolonged Exposure (PE)

behavioral therapy techniques

helps stop avoiding trauma reminders

imaginal exposures

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

processing upsetting trauma-related memories, thoughts and feelings

listening to a sound or a back and forth movement while thinking about the trauma memory

Stress Inoculation Training (SIT)

aims to reduce anxiety

breathing retraining

muscle relaxation

cognitive restructuring

assertiveness skills

medication

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

makes you happier

Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)

makes you happier

Benzodiazepines

short term

add on drug

relaxation

Ketamine

works in hours

helps lift depression

1/10 people take antidepressants

Present Centered Therapy

non-trauma focused treatment

teaches problem solving strategies to deal with current life stressors

Symptoms

easily startled/frightened

self-destructive behavior

drinking too much

driving too fast

trouble sleeping

trouble concentrating

irritability

temper tantrums

agressive behavior

angry outbursts

intrusive memories

avoidance

negative mood/thinking changes

hopelessness about future

difficulty maintaining close
relationships

feeling emotionally numb

feeling detached from family

lack of interests in activities
once enjoyed

memory problems

cause

trauma

physical assult

combat exposure

an accident

childhood abuse

anxiety

depression

personality

family history

stress

Who is Affected

veterans

started as a condition combat veterans got

US provides health care to 5 million veterans each year

people with relatives with ptsd

people with mental health problems

childhood abuse

can affect men and women
of all ages

Everyday life

give you depression/anxiety

issues with drug/alcohol
abuse

eating disorders

suicidal thoughts/actions

What is PTSD

mental health condition

triggered by a terrifying event

can be a witness

could have experienced it

data/stats

an estimated 8% of Americans
have PTSD

an estimated 1 out of 9 women have PTSD, making them about twice as likely to develop it

almost 50% of all outpatient mental health patients have PTSD