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Police stress, PTSD, suicide, and general wellness

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Police stress, PTSD, suicide, and general wellness are all topics of concern for police leaders, officers, their families, and our community leaders. Although police agencies have not always been proactive in addressing wellness and safety, it remains a tremendous problem, particularly in an era where police are scrutinized, filmed, and recorded for every citizen interaction. Much of the reporting is biased and incorrect. There is merit in mandatory health and wellness programming. There is merit in allowing and encouraging officers to seek mental health help without fear of losing their jobs. We must protect the more than 750,000 police officers in our country and ensure their long-term health and wellness is maintained. The question is how to do this? What is the best way to ensure health and wellness? Would an after-action style review be more effective it if were employed after shifts that are particularly traumatic? Would it be helpful if officers were afforded the opportunity to have a post-shift de-stressing session to vent about their experiences and concerns? Provide a response to these questions that is supported by relevant literature and/or the textbook.

For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 3 scholarly citations

PTSD, Anxiety, And Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

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For this discussion, select one of the following diagnosis categories to discuss:

PTSD and Related Disorders.
Anxiety and Related Disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
After you have chosen a diagnosis category:

Provide a summary of the disorder and the key components of diagnosis.
Discuss at least one evidence-based intervention method to address this disorder (please include your reference).
Evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention method.

 

 

PTSD, Anxiety, And Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

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For this discussion, select one of the following diagnosis categories to discuss:

PTSD and Related Disorders.
Anxiety and Related Disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
After you have chosen a diagnosis category:

Provide a summary of the disorder and the key components of diagnosis.
Discuss at least one evidence-based intervention method to address this disorder (please include your reference).
Evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention method.

 

 

PTSD, Anxiety, And Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

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For this discussion, select one of the following diagnosis categories to discuss:

PTSD and Related Disorders.
Anxiety and Related Disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
After you have chosen a diagnosis category:

Provide a summary of the disorder and the key components of diagnosis.
Discuss at least one evidence-based intervention method to address this disorder (please include your reference).
Evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention method.

 

 

PTSD

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PTSD is a biopsychological condition associated with very stressful or life-threatening events. Symptoms include having intrusive thoughts about or reliving the event(s), withdrawing from others, and experiencing anxiety or hyperarousal for weeks or months following the event(s). People with PTSD may turn to drugs or alcohol to help them cope. They may exhibit signs of depression, their relationships may deteriorate, and they may manifest physical symptoms.
What is the biological basis of PTSD? What occurs in the brain and nervous system that apparently gives rise to PTSD symptoms?
How is PTSD diagnosed, according to the DSM–5? Does this relate to the biological basis that you just described?
Describe the treatment options that are available for PTSD. Do they seem to address the biological basis of the disorder, as you have described them?
Summarize your article about the biological basis of PTSD in enough detail that your reader will understand what was done in the study and what the results of the study were (similar to the articles you found in BioPsychology.com in the first week).
Based on the article you identified as well as the other reading you have done this week, describe a test you could develop to help determine whether a particular individual might be more susceptible to developing PTSD if they were to experience an extremely stressful situation.

 

 

 

 

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD

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“Fear,” according to the DSM-5, “is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is anticipation of future threat” (APA, 2013). All anxiety disorders contain some degree of fear or anxiety symptoms (often in combination with avoidant behaviors), although their causes and severity differ. Trauma-related disorders may also, but not necessarily, contain fear and anxiety symptoms, but their primary distinguishing criterion is exposure to a traumatic event. Trauma can occur at any point in life. It might not surprise you to discover that traumatic events are likely to have a greater effect on children than on adults. Early-life traumatic experiences, such as childhood sexual abuse, may influence the physiology of the developing brain. Later in life, there is a chronic hyperarousal of the stress response, making the individual vulnerable to further stress and stress-related disease.

 

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For this Assignment, you practice assessing and diagnosing patients with anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD. Review the DSM-5 criteria for the disorders within these classifications before you get started, as you will be asked to justify your differential diagnosis with DSM-5 criteria.

TO PREPARE:
Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document.
By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.
Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.