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Trauma systems therapy. Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) is a mental health treatment model for children and adolescents who have been exposed to trauma, defined as experiencing, witnessing, or confronting "an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others". [1 ...
D015928. [ edit on Wikidata] Cognitive behavioral therapy ( CBT) is a psycho-social intervention [1] [2] that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders. [3] Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most effective means of treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health ...
Panic disorder is a mental and behavioral disorder, [5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by reoccurring unexpected panic attacks. [1] Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear that may include palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, numbness, or a feeling that something terrible is going to happen.
anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines. Psychological trauma (also known as mental trauma, psychiatric trauma, emotional damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events that are outside the normal range of human experiences. It must be understood by the affected person as directly threatening the affected person ...
Panic attack. Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear and discomfort that may include palpitations, sweating, chest pain or chest discomfort, shortness of breath, trembling, dizziness, numbness, confusion, or a feeling of impending doom or of losing control. [1] [2] [7] Typically, symptoms reach a peak within ten minutes of onset, and ...
Anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear [2] such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. [2] Anxiety may cause physical and cognitive symptoms, such as restlessness, irritability, easy fatigue ...
Childhood trauma is often described as serious adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). [1] Children may go through a range of experiences that classify as psychological trauma; these might include neglect, [2] abandonment, [2] sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and physical abuse, [2] witnessing abuse of a sibling or parent, or having a mentally ill ...
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation ( ISSTD) is a nonprofit professional organization of health professionals and individuals who are interested in advancing the scientific and societal understandings of trauma-based disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, complex ...