Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPD)

This paper explores post-traumatic stress and how it is seen as a disorder. Post-traumatic stress can manifest into post-traumatic stress disorder. The evaluation and review books and articles seem to reveal a relation to these symptoms and military member, either active or non-active veterans. These symptoms do not manifest strictly into the full-extent of the disorder in all cases of military, however, things such as depression and other physical symptoms are discussed through the readings. The end result is that we discovered that through the readings PTSD will in fact lead to suicide if left untreated.

What is post-traumatic stress disorder? When most people think of the term post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) they think of war and returning soldiers. Even though this is true, post-traumatic stress disorder does not only develop in soldier’s returning from war. When you look at the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), you will see that it is a mental health condition that is triggered by either experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. This means that post-traumatic stress disorder can be developed after any traumatic event or experience that one has gone through.

With an increase in the number of cases filed each year, there has been much effort to speed-up wait times and to avoid a rise in hearing backlogs. The average amount of time it takes for a disability determination hearing to be processed is approximately two years. This delineates an understandable cause of acrimony among disability claimants. The immediate effect of an attempt to expedite the hearing process includes little attention paid to ensuring the quality of a decision (“Improvement in Social Security”).

Mathews v. Eldridge was a landmark Supreme Court case. George Eldridge was the defendant in this case. Mathews, the Secretary of HEW, was appealed. He was a recipient of Social Security disability benefits, in which he started receiving in June of 1968. Four years later in March of 1972, the state agency in charge of monitoring Eldridge’s medical condition sent him a questionnaire to fill out. Eldridge filled out the questionnaire and supplied the agency with reports from his doctor and psychiatric consultant. After reviewing the questionnaire the agency informed Mr. Eldridge that he will no longer be eligible to receive his disability benefits, based on his answers to the questionnaire and the reports from his doctor and psychiatric consultant.

Mr. Williams applied for Supplemental Social Income (SSI), on August 3, 2015. The Office of Appeals verified with the SSA that Mr. Williams received an unfavorable disability decision, and he currently has a pending claim. Until this unfavorable disability finding is changed by the SSA, DOM must abide by the SSA decision. Accordingly, the RO’s decision is supported by substantial

On July 7, 2017, a State Fair Hearing was held at the request of Ms. Kenetria N. Carter. The hearing was requested to appeal the denial of Medicaid benefits due to an unfavorable disability decision.

B. Is Shirley Caretaker disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act in that she meets the combined requirements of the listings for 1.01 and 1.02(a)(b) musculoskeletal and major dysfunction of a joint (due to any cause) in 20 C.F.R. Appendix 1 to Subpart P of Part 404-Listing of impairments? With respect the answer is yes for the reasons stated in the Argument section of this brief.

“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; One of the Leading Causes of High Unemployment Rates among U.S. Veterans”

Men and Women who served for their country should be given all respect and care when they return home. Veterans come home with injuries that can affect them from living a healthy comfortable life. Their injuries can be from physical to mental injuries like PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from combat. Veterans who come home with these injuries should be provided, by the government, health care where they can live an enjoyable life. Having veterans take an alternative rout like qualifying for medicade could help a lot of these people struggling. Many of these veterans are also homeless and need help finding jobs. Government programs could be put in place that could help find jobs for the veterans. Veterans should be able to come home and life a healthy happy life where they can contribute back to there societies. Governments should provide for the needs of the veterans to keep them healthy and supply them with jobs so they have food, clothes, and shelter.

“ It terrorises me at night. If you have a nightmare where your friends are being blown up, you relive these things over and over and over again.” These are the words from Pte Leroy Risi who was stationed in Afghanistan and is now struggling post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jump anxiety, or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience. Another war vet Vaughan Cook who also has PTSD states, “ I had very high levels of aggression, anxiety, paranoia. Then I got heavy on the drinking, two liters of whisky a day. I’ve done some bad things. I’ve self-harmed.” PTSD is a serious anxiety disorder that needs to be acknowledged, and PTSD does not only affect war vets, but millions of Americans across the country. PTSD appears to victims of accidents, disasters, and violent and sexual assaults. The biological process behind PTSD is that the limbic system increases susceptibility, by immersing the body with stress hormones repeatedly and repeatedly as images of the traumatic experience emerge into consciousness ( David G. Myers 639). PTSD patients often feel alone and vulnerable, and that no one can help them. Withdrawing from society and suicide are sadly the common outcomes if PTSD are not helped and treated.

PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) is a mental health disorder that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening trauma.( What is PTSD) PTSD affects 7.7 million adults, or 3.5% of the U.S. population. Women are more likely to be affected than men. Childhood sexual abuse is a strong predictor of lifetime likelihood for developing PTSD. (The Anxiety and Depression Association of America)

A review of the prior file shows the determination was incorrect when made. The claimant failed to return the forms the DDS sent to her. The DE spoke with her on 12/1/15 regarding the forms. The claimant indicated she never received the forms and they were re-sent to her. The forms were not returned and the DE sent her a call-in letter regarding the forms and denied the claim due to failure to cooperate. This was not policy compliant. The claimant alleged a mental impairment and evidence of memory loss and depression was in the file. Therefore, DDS is required to involve the third party. DI 23007.005.G requires special handling for claimants with mental conditions. There is no indication in file that the DDS attempted to contact the third party to assist the claimant in completing the

Imagine yourself running out of gas in your vehicle, there is a gas station a few blocks away from where your car stopped. At the gas station, there is a Samaritan offering you a ride back to your car once you finished filling the gas container. Trusting this Samaritan, you accept the ride and you notice he has willfully passed your car. Panicking, the child lock is on and there is no way to escape. With all the thoughts rushing through your head, he has reached a destination where he drags you out the car and begins to wrestle you on to the floor to rape and possibly kill you. You are being beaten and forced to cooperate in sexual activity, but there is a sharp object on the floor that saves your life. With no hesitation you puncture the rapist and flee immediately as he sobs in pain. After this traumatic event, there is a great possibility of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD can develop following a traumatic event that threatens your safety or makes you feel helpless (Smith, Lawrence, & Segal, 2015). According to Julian D Ford, PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that affects as many as one in 14 adults and adolescence at some time in their lives as many as 1 in 20 children before they begin kindergarten (Ford, Grasso, Elhai, & Courtois, 2015 ).It personally affects those who witness it as well as their family members. Those with occupations that require exposure to traumatic events such as military, emergency workers, and law enforcement officers can

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event (National Institute of Mental Health [NIH], 2016). It is said that the psychic trauma that an individual suffers after the shocking experience causes the inner agency of the mind to lose its ability to control the disorganizing effects of the experience, and disequilibrium occurs. Many traumatic events can cause PTSD, like combat exposure, child sexual abuse or physical abuse, terrorist attacks, sexual or physical assault, serious accidents, or natural disasters. However, not everyone that suffers a traumatic event may develop PTSD. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2016), it is not yet clear why some people develop PTSD and others do not. Many factors influence on whether or not an individual will develop the disorder, such as: how intense the trauma was or how long it lasted. Whether or not the individual was injured or lost someone important to them. How close the individual was to the event. How strong their reaction was. How much the person felt in control of the events, or how much help and support the person received after the event (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016). PTSD is not exclusive to adults only, children can also have the disorder.

The rate of extreme trauma has increased greatly in the United States. Post traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) can be defined as a mental health condition caused by a horrifying event experienced visually or first hand. (Mayo Clinical Staff 1) Experiences like this can leave people feeling horrified, afraid, and helpless. The most frequent events that lead to the basis of PSTD include threats with weapons, physical attacks, sexual harassment, childhood abuse, or, combat exposure. (Mayo Clinical Staff 4) The symptoms resulting can bring out major issues in social activities like work and association. Recently, the PSTD symptoms have been conveniently categorized into 4 groups which include intrusive memories, negative shifts/bipolar mood swings,