post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is an increasingly recognized and theoretically preventable condition. in fact ptsd is a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event or threats, such as war and traffic crashes. symptoms may include distressing thoughts and increased arousal. these signs last for more than one month after the event. people with ptsd are a...

INTRODUCTION Post-traumatic stress disorder is defined as a mental disorder that arises from the experience of traumatic life events. Research has shown a high incidence of co-morbidity between post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 32-year-old black African woman with a history of both post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis. Two years ag...

BACKGROUND The 6.3 Richter earthquake in Bam killed 26,000 and injured 30,000 people, and destroyed 85% of houses according to the literature. Children are affected more than others by disasters. In this study, we assessed the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological problems in survived Bam students in Kerman four months after the earthquake and their relations with demographic...

background: this study investigated the applicability of the post-traumatic stress disorder symptom scale (pss) in a group of adolescents who had been directly involved in a disaster in tehran. method: participants were 20 adolescents who had survived a boat sinking in tehran's city park in 2002. the assessment measures used were the post-traumatic stress disorder symptom scale (pss) and clinic...

Traumatic amputations are important causes of acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. In this study, we aimed to find out the occurrence rate of symptoms of acute and post-traumatic stress disorder after traumatic amputations and according to this, to assess the psychiatric status of the patients in the postoperative period. Twenty-two patients with traumatic limb amputation w...

objective: the main aim of this study was to investigate the psychological and social adjustment of parents whose adolescent children had experienced a disaster. mediating factors were considered; such as whether the child developed post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), dysfunctional attitudes, other intervening life events, and especially, social support. method: participants were 37 women wh...

OBJECTIVE To determine if baseline functional health status, as measured by SF-36 (veterans), predicts new onset symptoms or diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder among deployed US military personnel with combat exposure. DESIGN Prospective cohort analysis. SETTING Millennium Cohort. PARTICIPANTS Combat deployed members who completed baseline (2001-3) and follow-up (2004-6) question...