all people have experience about anxiety in their lives and it is natural when facing with reactional threatening situations. but chronic and intense feeling is unusual in absence of clear cause. anxiety includes uncertainty, helplessness and physiological arousal feelings. generally anxiety is a diffuse, very unpleasant and often vague concern feeling. clinical studies of war veterans over the...

objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical approach in post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. methods: this prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, sher-i- kashmir institute of medical sciences (skims), kashmir, india. we included all patients with post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia undergoing operation in our ...

Disaster planning has traditionally focused on the concrete needs of the impacted population. This article looks at the impact of direct and indirect trauma exposure as it affects healthcare providers responding to a region-wide natural disaster and discusses trauma management via the incorporation of self-care techniques. It also explores post-traumatic growth as a potential benefit arising fr...

background natural disasters, both expected and unexpected, usually cause widespread injuries and destruction with a large number of survivors, including children. several studies have shown that children may develop posttraumatic stress disorder after exposure to disasters such as an earthquake. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the screening abilities of the university of california at ...

following exposure to a major traumatic event like iran-iraq war(1980-1988) various reaction occurs, some of which result in stress-related psychiatric disorder. we have briefly described one such case and used it to indicate some features of post-traumatic stress disorder. the patient, b.b, is a 54 years old man who has served in iran-iraq war operations for about 19 months. he expresses that ...

posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a disorder of emotional and mental stress occurring as an outcome of injury or severe emotional shock. several neuroimaging studies in humans have shown the functions and relationship between the anatomical changes of brain and ptsd. the three major areas of the brain are affected by ptsd .these three areas are the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cor...

conclusions appropriate surgical stabilization can be safely performed during established post-traumatic hypoxemia using a multidisciplinary approach, continuous monitoring, and serial investigations to diagnose fulminant pathology and associated injuries. results a total of 31 adults (26 males and 5 females) with lis of 0.1 to 2.5 (26 patients) and > 2.5 (five patients) at admission were recru...

both at11th edition of the international classification of diseases (icd-11) and in fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (fifth edition-dsm-5), have pointed out that attitudes and quality of sleep can be seriously impaired by post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). the present study was conducted to compare hostility and sleep disorders among nursing student...