How may post-traumatic stress disorder by prevented?
Controlling exposure to traumatic events through safety measures, psychological preparation for individuals who will be exposed to traumatic events (front-line workers), and stress inoculation training.
What are mitigating factors for the success of treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder?
Proximity to the traumatic event, immediate intervention of therapy and expectations that the individual will return to more normal functions are important.
What are the symptoms of post - traumatic stress disorder?
The most common symptoms are as follows:
Also PTSD rarely goes away on it's own and can easily get triggered in the future unless one gets professional help.
Any stimulus that helps us recall information in long-term memory. The fact that retrieval cues can provoke powerful recollections has led some researchers to speculate that perhaps all memories are permanent. That is, perhaps nearly all experiences are recorded in memory for a lifetime, and all forgetting is due not to the actual loss of memories but to our inability to retrieve them. This idea is an interesting one, but most memory researchers believe it is probably wrong.
Is post traumatic stress disorder a defense for UCMJ action?
Depending on the severity, it may be a defense and it also may be used to rebut an element of proof in the government case. The military lawyer working the case should have experience in this area.
If the case goes into sentencing, under RCM 1001c it will most certainly come in as a matter in mitigation