Rehabilitation from anxiety disorders caused by real trauma that have damaged mental stability may be a long-term process. An estimated 24.4 million people in the United States, in all age groups from young children to seniors, suffer from the disorder we now call post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Seventy percent of adults in the United States have suffered from some type …
Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Living With PTSD Symptoms
You have to be living under a cave or without a television or computer to know that we live in a traumatic world in which horrific events are played out before our eyes nearly every week. Tragically, many people who are victims of trauma suffer from a condition known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD.) In fact, more American military service …
Prevalence of PTSD in Combat Veterans
The stress caused by enduring a life-threatening, traumatic event can linger long after physical safety has been achieved. While frequently triggered by accidents or assaults, a common instigator of post-traumatic stress disorder are the horrific experiences of military combat. The disorder is frequently not diagnosed in combat veterans, as many do not realize that they suffer from a treatable condition. …
Evaluation of brief treatment of symptoms of psychological trauma among veterans residing in a homeless shelter by use of Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Science Daily | October 2016 There are nearly 20 million veterans living in the United States today with 14% from the post-911 era (9/2011 or later), 18% from the Gulf War (1990 – 2001), 36% from the Vietnam era, and 17% from earlier conflicts (United States Census Bureau, 2015). In 2009, Secretary Eric Shinseki of the Department of Veterans Affairs …
Dr. Kevin Kip PTSD Interviews
Dr. Kevin Kip was interviewed on several stations about PTSD and ART in response to the shooting at Fort Hood. Fox 13 Tampa Bay 10 News CBS Tampa Bay WFLA 8 NBC Tampa Bay