Trauma Stress Disorder
The Assignment:
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
Respond to at least two of your colleagues by providing one alternative therapeutic approach. Explain why you suggest this alternative and support your suggestion with evidence-based literature and/or your own experiences with clients. In APA Format and proper citation, provide at least two references in each response post.
Colleagues’ Response Post #1
Patient with Post -Trauma Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among U.S military war veterans and about 20 of them are affected with estimates ranging from 8.1% to 15.2. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a chronic psychological disorder that can develop from exposure to traumatic events in an individual’s life. It can also be caused by witnessing or perceived traumatic events (as serious injury, violence, or death), but war time veterans are more at risk. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety hypervigilance, as well as recurrent thoughts about the event (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013 (Lancaster et al., 2016).
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders (DSM-5) criteria of the traumatic event must include an actual exposure or threatened death, serious injury, a violence in at least one criterion (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In this case, William meet the criterion for PTSD. He is an Iraq war veteran captain which implies he would have directly experienced the traumatic event, witnessing the event occur to others, exposure to adverse details of the traumatic events, and self-destructive behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
The focus in the case study is William Thompson as a military captain and an Iraq war veteran, Lawyer, husband who is about to lose his job, has lost his home as a result of his inability to pay his mortgage due to alcohol use and PTSD. As a result, he lives with his elder brother and his family
Therapeutic Approaches
