Answer 1

   My first answer is that there is yet to be an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. It's actually quite disappointing. Most of the treatments available are psychological approaches, yet researchers agree that it is a biological problem. The hormones released into the brain during intense levels of stress cause a chemical reaction so big that the brain has a sort of melt down. Epinephrine and norepinephrine (the chemicals released) are known to help people do extraordinary things, when the right amount is released. Over production of these chemicals also attacks the brain and induces confusion and memory loss.
  As far as the psychological approaches goes, most methods treat it like depression or anxiety. Even the medications used are also known to be effective for depression and anxiety, not the actual affliction itself. For example, if a person is having a hard time keeping up with day to day needs because of PTSD, the only options would be to put them in a cognitive-therapy class or put them on Paxil and Zoloft.
   My answer to this would be to fund scientific research on PTSD. There needs to be a medical approach to this problem.



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Lawlis, Frank. The Ptsd Breakthrough The Revolutionary, Science-based Compass Reset Program. Napville: Source, 2010. 7-19. Print.