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Guest Post: PTSD vs C-PTSD by APN Lodge

Bipolar Bandit

Whether you’ve had a PTSD or C-PTSD diagnosis in the past and it’s being exacerbated by the pandemic, or you’re just starting to take a closer look at your mental health symptoms, we can all benefit from more support and greater trauma awareness. There is no single “best” treatment for PTSD treatment.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. PTSD impacts millions of people in the United States. According to the National Center for PTSD, a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about seven or eight of every 100 people will experience PTSD in their lifetime.”

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Child Abuse Prevention Programs: Making A Difference In Our Communities

All For Kids

Successful child abuse interventions are two-fold: they must reduce risk factors and promote protective factors to ensure the well-being of children and families. They may have recently been deployed from the military and struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

Relias

Before we discuss how your organization can help this population, let’s review the most common mental health conditions that veterans face after they leave the military: PTSD, depression, and suicidality. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) An estimated 7% of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetimes.

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Chicago students are in crisis. Here’s how we can help them heal.

Brightpoint

A June 2023 U of Chicago Education Lab study found that an “astonishing 38 percent” of Black and Latina adolescent girls in Chicago schools showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is double the rate of PTSD among service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for PTSD

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Summary - Trauma impacts the person biopsychosocially - Behavioral interventions can help them prevent and address avoidance and hypervigilance - Cognitive interventions can help them - Understand the function of their symptoms to choose effective ways of dealing with them - Address unhelpful cognitions about the trauma, themselves and the world - (..)

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Case Study: PTSD Assessment and Intervention with the PACER Method

Counselor Toolbox podcast

He has remarried and had 3 more children (14, 12, 9) since the event and continues to experience PTSD related symptoms. He has remarried and had 3 more children (14, 12, 9) since the event and continues to experience PTSD related symptoms. His wife and 2 children died in the fire. His wife and 2 children died in the fire.

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