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 Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
George Michael Cuesta,
PhD is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist / Neuropsychologist
practicing at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New
York who specializes in treating post traumatic stress disorder.
Post traumatic Stress Disorder is a recognized mental condition
that can develop in response to a traumatic experience a
life-threatening or extremely distressing situation that causes a
person to feel intense fear, shock or a sense of helplessness. Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can cause difficult problems at home or at
work. Anyone can develop PTSD men, women, children, young and old
alike. PTSD is treatable condition.
According to the PTSD Alliance - An estimated 70%
of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at
least once in their lives, and up to 20 percent of these people go
on to develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
 An
estimated 5%of Americans more than 13 million people have PTSD
at any given time.
Approximately
8% of all adults one of 13 people in this country will develop
PTSD during their lifetime.
An
estimated 1 out of 10 women will get PTSD at some time in their
lives. Women are about twice as likely as men to develop PTSD. This
may be due to the fact that women tend to experience interpersonal
violence (such as domestic violence, rape or abuse) more often than
men.
Almost
17% of men and 13% of women have experienced more than three
traumatic events in their lives.
The estimated risk for developing PTSD for people who have
experienced the following traumatic events is:
Rape
(49 percent)
Severe
beating or physical assault (31.9 percent)
Other
sexual assault (23.7 percent)
Serious accident or injury; for example, car or train accident (16.8
percent)
Shooting
or stabbing (15.4 percent)
Sudden, unexpected death of family member or friend (14.3 percent)
Childs life-threatening illness (10.4 percent)
Witness
to killing or serious injury (7.3 percent)
Natural disaster (3.8 percent)
Some helpful resources pertaining to post traumatic stress disorders
can be found here:
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress
www.ncptsd.va.gov/
National Institue for Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
The National Mental Health
Association
www.nmha.org/reassurance/ptsd.cfm
The available
research shows that the earlier the treatment of PTSD the more
likely the recovery from the illness.
Feel free to contact George Michael Cuesta, PhD at the
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New York to schedule
an appointment to evaluate and treat your post traumatic stress
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