Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Part I
Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome is an anxiety disorder resulting from an extremely terrifying or emotional experience, which causes extreme anxiety even after that experience is no longer present in the individual's life. Anything can trigger the memories and the sufferers of Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTST) will relive the experience as if happening in the moment. These relived experiences are so real that sufferers will tend to avoid places or people that remind them of these painful physical and emotional events which happened in their lives.
Post-traumatic stress syndrome or disorder is not just a soldier's condition
When we think of Post-traumatic stress syndrome we usually think of Viet Nam Veterans or soldiers returning from war and nerve shattered, while having bad nightmares and relieving the horrors of war in their dreams. The world became familiar with this disorder when these soldiers were given the diagnosis, but the fact is the disorder probably existed since time began just never recognized before.
Furthermore, the definition extends beyond soldiers coming home from war. Post-traumatic stress disorder can happen as a result of any terrible situation that causes emotional stress and anxiety in this manner. It could be women experiencing rape, or battered women. It could be hurricane or tsunami victims. Perhaps the condition develops due to being wrongfully accused of a crime and losing your job over it (this happened to a friend of this examiner who was later cleared of all charges but not before he developed post-traumatic stress syndrome). The causes of Post-traumatic stress disorder are anything that can have a damaging effect upon the psyche.
To be continued
Here are some psychologists specializing in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Montreal
Dr. Bita, Psychologue / Psychologist
5465 Queen Mary
Suite 580
Montréal, Quebec
Canada H3X 1V5
(514) 999-2482
Dr. Mary Harsany
Office
345 Victoria Avenue
Suite 503
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3Z 2N2
(514) 481-866
Dr. Marjorie A Rabiau
1205 De Maisonneuve Street West
Suite 250
Montréal, Quebec
Canada H3G 1W7
(514) 213-2431
Dr. Louise Aznavou
2500 Pierre Dupuy
suite 505
Montréal, Quebec
Canada H3C 4L1
additional Office
3445 Drummond Street, Suite 403
Montréal, Quebec Canada H3G 1X9
phone: (514) 800-1436
fax: (514) 954-2008
Sources:
http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/page7.htm
Published by Carol Roach
Carol Roach holds a masters in counselling psychology. She worked as a therapist at the Douglas Hospital in Montreal before becoming a professional writer.Carol is the author of the book Picking Up The Piece... View profile
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