{"id":7182,"date":"2022-07-06T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scc.sg\/e\/?page_id=7182"},"modified":"2022-07-07T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T02:02:20","slug":"post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scc.sg\/e\/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is PTSD?<\/a> | Differentiating Trauma and PTSD<\/a> | Diagnosis Criteria<\/a> | Gender Difference<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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What is PTSD?<\/h2>
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It is a psychiatric disorder that results from experiencing or witnessing traumatic or life-threatening events. Individuals experience intense negative thoughts and feelings associated with their experience that persist after the traumatic event has ended <\/span>[<\/span>1<\/span><\/a>].<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

What Differentiates them?<\/h3>
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<\/th>Trauma<\/th>PTSD<\/th><\/tr>
Timeline<\/th>– Time-based;
\n– Can occur once, or on multiple occasions.
\n– An individual can also experience more than one type of trauma.
\n<\/td>		– Long-term;
\n– The negative thoughts and feelings lingers long after the traumatic event has ended.
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Severity<\/p>\n

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<\/td>– High level of ongoing distress and life impairment.<\/td><\/tr>
Coping<\/th>– Can be overcome with healthy coping mechanisms. <\/td>– Aggravated traumatic symptoms due to unhealthy coping mechanisms.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>