Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( Ptsd ) - 1180 Words

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a persistent and a lot of times crippling condition which is caused by a psychologically overwhelming experience. It develops when a individual has been exposed to traumatic event. It can continue for years and even last for your whole life. Its symptoms affect every life domain – physiological, psychological, occupational, and social Post-traumatic Stress Disorder has and is effecting thousands of people, it affects children, adults, men and women. At first it was thought to be a disorder of war veterans who had been involved in combat, but research studied reveals that PTSD can result in many types of trauma especially those being life-threatening. PTSD has often been misunderstood or†¦show more content†¦More police services are adapting the newer style of dealing with mental illness within the workplace. Police services are making sure that they have counsellors that are available to talk to any officer at anytime. They a re giving better benefits and options then they did in the past such as but not limited to; gyms in the stations, free massages and more all which benefit to stress relief which can just be one of the many ways to cope with work-related stress and or mental illness. Also many police services make sure that when any of their officers have been involved in a traumatic event (such as a shooting), they automatically make the officers involved go through some psychological tests, to make sure that they are not suffering from any symptoms of PTSD. They usually continue this monitoring for months after the incident has taken place. (Gersons, 1998) The testing usually is consisted of a psychological nature and includes an evaluation of pain perception, and personalized self reported questionnaires. (â€Å"Pain perception in subjects with PTSD†, 2008) Although this type of help is available to officers, many are still afraid of admitting that they are suffering from PTSD. Some reason s for this include; they think that they might get demoted or even lose their job. They think that they will lose pay. Another reason is that they simply do not want to be known as the person that has a mental illness. This is all