Abstract

This article presents the definition and nature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotic Depression as its co-morbidity, and consequences of untreated cases and also presents the models of treatment and psychological mechanisms of coping.

Highlights

  • This article presents the definition and nature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotic Depression as its co-morbidity, and consequences of untreated cases and presents the models of treatment and psychological mechanisms of coping

  • Several trauma theorists suggest that cognitive factors have critical impact on the trauma response, in the persistence of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through negative beliefs and appraisals of ongoing threat [2]

  • Central in cognitive models of PTSD is the assumption that perception of stressful event as a threat may be at least as important as trauma severity and variation in pre-trauma experience in the development and maintenance of PTSD [3]

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Summary

Halimi R*

Article history: Received: 28 June 2018, Accepted: August 2018, Published: August 2018

SAJ Case Rep
Coping with Trauma
Case Report
History of the Disease
Case Personal History
Mental Status Examination
Conclusion
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