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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. PTSD impacts millions of people in the United States. According to the National Center for PTSD, a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about seven or eight of every 100 people will experience PTSD in their lifetime.”

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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 Is A Traumaversary And How Can It Affect Us?

MQ Mental Health

Experiences like this may mean some people develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD or cPTSD ( complex post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms. But in a clinical sense, a trigger is a trauma-related cue that induces a PTSD response. Even then, anniversaries of traumatic events may bring specific challenges.

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Celebrating support workers

Social Care

I looked online and found a health care support worker vacancy at Aspen Clinic in Mexborough. When I was growing up, a member of my family suffered very bad anxiety, depression and post -traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). On my first day at Aspen Clinic, I was nervous, but I still found the courage to step through the doors at 8am.

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Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business

Social Work Blog

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business

Social Work Blog

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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How do we know when posttraumatic stress disorder is getting better?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. Studies that report on the effectiveness of PTSD treatment are difficult to compare, because there are differences in terms of what is considered to be a response to treatment (i.e.