Chronic PTSD
PTSD is not just a short-term or acute response to significant trauma. For many individuals diagnosed with PTSD, the disorder becomes recurrent and/or chronic affecting the individual throughout their life. The negative effects of PTSD on the ability to f
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
J. F. Pagel
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder A Guide for Primary Care Clinicians and Therapists
J. F. Pagel University of Colorado System School of Medicine Arroyo Seco, NM USA
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Preface
PTSD has become a marker diagnosis for our species, denoting the limits of our capacity to function in the sometimes-extreme realities of the modern world. PTSD as a diagnosis develops at the border of our capacity to handle stress, marking the limits for both individuals and society, of our available compassion, and our capacity to adapt and change. PTSD is in no way an easy diagnosis for either the patient, the provider, or for the therapist. While few diagnostic deniers remain in the medical and therapeutic community, it persists as politically correct to emphasize malingering and positive therapeutic outcomes, thereby deemphasizing PTSD’s chronic nature and suppressing its associations with family disarray, social decompensation, substance abuse, and suicide. Flexibility, patience, and almost endless compassion are often required of the therapist and the medical provider. PTSD develops at a site of cognitive disarray where mind sometimes no longer equals brain, where individual patient requirements can trump theory and belief. Much has changed in both diagnosis and treatment of PTSD. After a series of contentious changes in diagnostic criteria, PTSD diagnosis has become far more consistent, based on timeline protocols, and amenable to screening and questionnaire. This book is desig
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