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This 6 page report briefly
discusses the concepts related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
or PTSD. The disorder has been closely tied to wartime
experiences by psychological experts and social scientists now
understand that it can be related to virtually any traumatic
event in a person’s life. For example, childhood assault (rape,
aggravated assault, or both) can result in the disorder in the
child’s young life or when they are older. The same holds true
for children and adults who have been victims of violent crimes,
accidents, or other near-death experiences and/or those who have
witnessed such occurrences. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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claims by participants in reality-televisions shows such as "Survivor," PTSD has entered the common lexicon of millions of people. The disorder has been closely tied to wartime experiences by psychological
experts and social scientists now understand that it can be related to virtually any traumatic event in a persons life. For example, childhood assault (rape, aggravated assault, or both)
can result in the disorder in the childs young life or when they are older. The same holds true for children and adults who have been victims of violent
crimes, accidents, or other near-death experiences and/or those who have witnessed such occurrences. Often, the victim is unaware of what is causing the change in his or her behavior.
More often, they are very well-aware of the causes and are faced with constantly replaying the scenes from the traumatic event in their minds. However, repeatedly replaying those scenes
may not offer truly accurate recollection of the events that took place. The emotion and the trauma are replayed but details can be skewed. As a result, both
psychological and medical experts have researched the connections that exist between PTSD and memory. The question asked is whether or not the experience of PTSD changes the memories of
the event, whether the victim can still clearly "see" the perpetrators, or if a certain degree of either denial or distortion takes place. Such questions have had an impact
on the outcomes of war tribunals, criminal court cases, the telling of history, and (of course) the lives of countless individuals and their loved ones. Recognition of the Condition Novac
(1998) explains that: "Emotional reactions to trauma have been recorded since ancient times. In this century, the study of World War I veterans (shell shock), World War II consequences (traumatic
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