I choose to research the topic of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I found it much easier to navigate through the Leatherby Library than I did Google Scholar. With the Library I was able to stay with peer reviewed articles as well as set the date to my standards. In Google Scholar I was only able to set the date. I also had a difficult time finding an article that offered more than just the abstract.
The article written by Putts (2014) explains the steps to assessing trauma history and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. It also addresses the treatment when working with a client diagnosed with a psychotic disorder. The article also touches base on the status of the assessment process. Lastly the article offers the importance of the tools needed to screen for PTSD and the interviewing process.
The article written by Breslau, Troost, Bohnert, and Luo (2013) suggest that victims vary in predispositions to the PTSD response to traumas. They conducted research to see if a person who suffers from a sexual assault has a higher risk of PTSD than a person who is witness to an accident or natural disaster. They detected no evidence that the influence of predispositions on PTSD had an increased risk. They concluded that predispositions increase the risk of PTSD following sexual assault as much as they do following accidents, disaster, and unexpected death of someone close.
I saved both articles and plan on using them to finish my research paper on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for my Abnormal Psychology class.
Breslau, N., Troost, J. P., Bohnert, K., & Luo, Z. (2013). Influence of predispositions on post-traumatic stress disorder: does it vary by trauma severity?. Psychological medicine, 43(02), 381-390.
References
Putts, M. R. (2014). Recognizing Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Individuals With Psychotic Disorders. Journal Of Counseling & Development, 92(1), 83-89. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00133.x
Breslau, N., Troost, J. P., Bohnert, K., & Luo, Z. (2013). Influence of predispositions on post-traumatic stress disorder: does it vary by trauma severity?. Psychological medicine, 43(02), 381-390.
I also had a very hard time with Google Scholar. I thought since I was a daily user and lover of Google that I would find it easy and user friendly. I became a little discouraged with only getting the abstract of articles and when I could get a full text version I had to pay for it. Your topic sounds very interesting. I don't know much about PTSD and would like to know more. Thanks for sharing glad to know someone shares my feelings on navigating this last week's assignment.
ReplyDeleteI found you research about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) interesting because many people suffer this anxiety disorder after experienced or witnessed a traumatic or terrifying event. I didn’t know anything about PTSD until I read your post this week. I look several articles at the Leatherby Library catalog and found a lot of information. Many people had the idea that only soldiers suffer PTSD but emergency personal and rescue workers suffer too. I don’t know if we are going to be able to see other student’s research at the end of this class but I hope to see yours. Thanks for sharing your post.
ReplyDeleteRespectfully, Daniel Gonzalez