What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Symptoms and Treatment?

It is a development of certain characterised symptoms after exposure to one or more traumatic events.  It can be actual or threatened death or severe injury or any sexual violence.

PTSD individuals may have the below symptoms:

• Exposure and Experience of a traumatic situation.
• Recurring, Involuntary, and Intrusive distressing memories (nightmares, flashbacks, fearful thoughts and etc).
• Psychological distress
• Physiological reactions
• Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with a traumatic situation.
• Distorted cognitions
• Negative emotional state
• The diminished interest of activities
• Feelings of detachment
• Inability to experience positive emotions
• Hypervigilance, Irritated, anxious
• Sleep and Appetite disturbance

Summary: It can happen to anyone after experiencing a traumatic event that causes hurtful, shocked, and extremely fearful, ultimately they feel helplessness.  These patients are at with increased risk of experiencing poor physical health, bodily pains, cardio, respiratory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, immunological and also associated with substantial psychiatric comorbidity.

If it's in the case of children, bedwetting, clinging with an adult, acting out behavior in the play, isolated and inability to speak can be also observed with some of the above symptoms.  It's challenging to identify in children such conditions.  Hence, never neglect and approach an expert.

PTSD can disrupt an individual's life for a long period sometimes. Medication and Psychotherapy can well manage the symptoms.

Approaching Clinical Psychologists for the detailed evaluation and based on the severity, referral to the psychiatrist and use of medication or combination of both can maintain better.

Big Question is how to find a PTSD Therapist | Sometimes finding the right psychotherapist, a psychologist for any complex condition such as Post Traumatic Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Psychosomatic Disorders or any clinical psychological assessments is challenging.  In such a  case, write to us: psychologistinhyderabad@gmail.com; sailaja.pisapati@gmail.com; spmhcs@gmail.com. We will guide you to reach one of the best psychologists in Hyderabad or   Secunderabad or a psychologist near your location. 

Sailaja Pisapati Mental Health Center (SPMHC) is an Adult, Adolescent, and Child Rehabilitation Center.   Our Services include Psychiatric Consultation, Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Disorders, Family / Relationship Counseling and etc.

Our Center for Special Children (SPMHC) has an expert team who can help you, call 9550950732 /  040-48510690; www.spmhc.com.  Our clinic is located in Habsiguda, Secunderabad-Hyderabad

Early Language Exposure

Most of the parents eagerly wait for their baby to say a few words such as calling them mama, papa and etc.  This usually we see in the children between nine (9) months and a year.  By the time, the child reaches two (2)  years, he or she should be using simple phrases and at the age of 3 years, the child should start speaking full sentences.  Grammatical mistakes even though we observe at the age of four, the child must be able to speak sentences. This means the child should have acquired basic language by the age of 5 years. 

Language acquisition takes place in 6 stages:

•          Prelinguistic (1^st year of life)
•          Holophrase or one word (between the age of 10 and 13 months)
•          Two-word sentence (18 months)
•          Multiple-word sentences
•          Complex grammatical structures
•          Adult-like language

Let’s understand this, the more toddlers exposed to the complex and rich conversation, the better cognitive and language skills they develop in later childhood. 

If your child has not developed the speech or other milestones (i.e. gross motor, fine motor, etc.,) age-appropriately, consult a Clinical Psychologist and go for the detailed evaluation in each domain. 

Our Center for Special Children (SPMHC) has an expert team who can help you, 

call 9550950732 /  040-48510690; www.spmhc.com.  

Our clinic is located in Habsiguda, Secunderabad-Hyderabad.

We also have other services such as Child Psychologist, Rehab Psychologist, Physiotherapy, OT, Sensory, Behaviour Therapy and Special Education Services.   

SPMHC worked with the children of Cerebral Palasy | Down Syndrome | Developmental Delays | Autism Spectrum Disorders | ADHD | Learning Disabilities | Other Neuro-Developmental Disorders. 

Do you have Insomnia or Sleep Problems?

Insomnia is a sleep disorder, in which an inability to fall asleep.  Serotonin and Melotinin hormones responsible for regulating various functions i.e. sleep, apetite, mood etc., Serotonin is a precursor to Melotonin i.e. the body can convert serotonin into melotonin and which is then stored in the pineal gland.  Both hormones are made up of amino acids.

Symptoms you may find:

• Taking sleeping pills / alcohol to fall asleep
• Exhausting sleep
• Concentration difficulties during the day
• Waking up too early in the morning
• Trouble getting back to sleep when awakened 

Insomnia in its initial stages, can be cured by changing the habits that disrupts sleep. It could be watching tv late nights, studying nights or internet browsing etc.  You can overcome sleeplessness by adopting new pattern of habits that helps you make sleep well.

If you still not able to overcome i.e. chronic worriers of Insomnia....having tried all the treatments and seek an expert help, If you think that Insomnia:

-- not respond to self-help strategies

-- major problem in performing routine, regular or functional activities

-- experiencing symptoms like chestpain, shortness of breath

Don't wait as the causes may be anxiety, depression, self-defeating thoughts, chronic stress, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder.......?  Your expert doctors may be able to diagnose.....

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Sailaja Pisapati

Psychologist, Hypnotherapist and Family-Marriage Therapist

Mobile: 08464997601

Email: sailaja.pisapati@gmail.com 

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Psychological and Emotional Trauma

Hi Friends,

Our life would be flat if we did not feel anger, joy, love sorrow and such emotions.  Emotions basically involves:

• Cognitive Component - a subjective conscious experience

• Physiological Component  - bodily arousal

• Behavioral Component - characteristic overt expression. 

How do you define Emotion? Is it a Feeling? Then what is a Feeling?
Its very difficult to define these terms and understand as the debate is on and on...

Let me make it simple, we can understand emotions, referring to a state of feeling that involves thoughts, bodily changes and overt expression or behavior.  But what comes first, whether thought, physiological arousal or the behavior or it's just exist in a vacuum? 

Any Emotional event is the result of extreme stressful events that makes you feel helpless and vulnerable and shatter your sense of security.

Emotion is a highly subjective experience and we have to rely on verbal reports of what people experience. The hypothalamus, amygdala, the adjacent structures in the limbic area are viewed as seat of emotions. Relatively little is known about neurotransmitters involved in emotions, though Dopamine is seen to play a role in pleasant emotions.   Emotions are considered to support motivated behavior.  Emotions have adaptive significance and help in social interaction including communication.  So, it is very important in social life to judge emotions of others accurately.  Some emotions are considered as basic.  It requires information about not only what people say they feel, but also how they respond physically and behaviorally.  Emotions are functional and adaptive.  

Emotional and Psychological Trauma:
If any one have gone through a traumatic experience, struggling with upsetting emotions, memories that frightens, a sense of constant danger, unable to trust others, feeling disconnected, numb and such other symptoms, you may approach a Psychologist to get the right treatment, self help strategies for your speed recovery, event might happened yesterday or an year back.

In the next article, we will go through more about this....

Thanks,
Sailaja Pisapati
Psychologist and Family-Marriage Therapist
Mobile No.8464997601
Email: sailaja.pisapati@gmail.com

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