Examining the impact of a Healing Touch intervention to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in combat veterans.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 897-903
Author(s):  
Kirk Reeve ◽  
Pegi A. Black ◽  
John Huang
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Healing Touch ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms ◽  
The Impact

Trauma and Temperament as Predictors of Intensity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms After Disaster

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Strelau ◽  
Bogdan Zawadzki
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. This study assesses the impact of temperament and trauma considered as predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms experienced during flood and coal mining accidents. Five samples were studied - one comprised of coal miners who experienced a mining catastrophe (N = 52) and four samples of flood victims (N = 1041), including 562 females. PTSD symptoms were measured - depending on the sample under study - at different time periods (from 3 months to 3 years), and in two samples repeated measures were taken. For measuring symptoms of PTSD the PTSD-Factorial Version inventory constructed in our laboratory was applied. Temperamental traits were assessed by means of the Formal Characteristics of Behavior - Temperament Inventory. Intensity of trauma and prolonged trauma consequences were measured by means of an interview. For analyzing the data coefficients of correlation and hierarchical regression were used. In all samples such temperament traits as briskness and endurance act as buffers resulting in lowering the effect of trauma inducing events. On the other hand, perseverance and emotional reactivity act as augmenters that result in increasing the effect of experienced trauma. In all samples emotional reactivity was the best predictor of the intensity of PTSD symptoms. In samples in which measures of trauma were included both variables - trauma and emotional reactivity - contributed essentially as predictors of PTSD symptoms and this held true independent of whether PTSD was assessed 3 months, 15 months, or 3 years after experiencing the disaster (flood).

scholarly journals Anxiety Symptoms and Sleep Disturbance in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Impact of Receiving and Training a Service Dog

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Scotland-Coogan
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Residual Effects ◽  
Service Dog ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on our combat veterans and their families is extensive. Symptoms of anxiety and the effects of sleep disturbance have a negative impact on daily functioning (Wright et al., 2011). The presence of a dog has demonstrated a reduction in anxiety symptoms, which may have a positive influence on improved sleep (Shearer, Hunt, Chowdhury, & Nicol, 2016). The Veterans Administration (VA) has been using canines to assist combat veterans in reintegrating into civilian life, and most currently, as a part of psychological therapy (Rubenstein, 2012). This research examined the impact on combat veterans with PTSD of receiving and training a service dog using Stake’s (2006) collective case study model. Interviews were conducted with fifteen combat veterans diagnosed with PTSD participating in a 14-week program for receiving and training their own service dog. The goal of the study was to explore the veterans’ experience of the training program, as well as determine any effect on their PTSD symptoms. Symptom severity decreases were reported, which had the residual effects of decreased anxiety symptoms, sleep disturbance, and nightmares.

The Impact of Depression Severity on Treatment Outcomes Among Older Male Combat Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen H. Walter ◽  
Lisa H. Glassman ◽  
Stephanie Y. Wells ◽  
Steven R. Thorp ◽  
Leslie A. Morland
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Depression Severity ◽  
The Impact
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