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How to Help Someone Who’s Experiencing PTSD

Gateway Foundation

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can severely impact a person’s life. When a partner, family member, or friend has PTSD, it can also take a heavy toll on your relationship with them. It’s essential to remember that a person with PTSD might not always have control over their behaviors.

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

Relias

Before we discuss how your organization can help this population, let’s review the most common mental health conditions that veterans face after they leave the military: PTSD, depression, and suicidality. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) An estimated 7% of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetimes.

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Maternal Mental Health: How to Manage the Mental Health Challenges of Being a Mum

Psychological Health Care

It encompasses a range of mental health issues that can affect women during and after pregnancy, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and others. During this time, mothers may experience postpartum depression, anxiety, or mood disorders.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Unlike PTSD, which is a mental illness that develops in adulthood when an adult is aware of the traumatic experience they go through, cPTSD is a mental illness borne of ongoing trauma in childhood. Expressing Differently Sometimes, adults might expect children to express themselves verbally, as adults tend to communicate.

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., As such, intervening on memory-related processes has been a key focus when treating PTSD. 2015; Kilpatrick et al., Bomyea et al., 2016; van Marle, 2015).

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What can EAP do for me?

Prosper Health Collective

Depression, Anxiety and Phobias. Interpersonal issues and communication. Bullying, discrimination or harassment issues. Marital, Family or other Personal issues. Adjustment and change difficulties. Eating issues. Drug and alcohol issues. Chronic Pain. Grief bereavement and loss. Sleep related problems. Is it free?

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Unlike PTSD, which is a mental illness that develops in adulthood when an adult is aware of the traumatic experience they go through, cPTSD is a mental illness borne of ongoing trauma in childhood. Expressing Differently Sometimes, adults might expect children to express themselves verbally, as adults tend to communicate.