blog writing #post-traumatic stress disorder: rate of occurrence in a solder/woman versus civilian/man

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder which people develop after experiencing trauma. The current criteria used for determining PTSD in the DSM-IV is inaccurate and increases the difficulty when diagnosing the disorder. PTSD in solders is higher than in civilians and higher in women than men. The continuous exposure to combat increases the risk of developing PTSD for soldiers whereas civilian’s minimal exposure to continuous traumatic experiences minimizes PTSD prognosis. The nature of violent trauma women are exposed to make them more susceptible to suffer from PTSD whereas men are exposed to different types of trauma and hence are less susceptible to suffer from PTSD. Survey questionnaires based on the PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS) will be distributed among a specific population and made available online. A correlational study to measure the correlation between frequency of trauma and PTSD will be conducted to include a minimum of 500 randomly selected participants.