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Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances

BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental disorder that develops in the aftermath of traumatic life experiences, especially those that occurred in childhood. PTSD is associated with intrusive memories, distressing dreams, dissociative reactions, avoidance of trauma-re...

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Autor principal: Ogłodek, Ewa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7760988
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description BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental disorder that develops in the aftermath of traumatic life experiences, especially those that occurred in childhood. PTSD is associated with intrusive memories, distressing dreams, dissociative reactions, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, negative mood and sense of well-being, increased arousal and irritability, and clinically significant distress and impaired functioning. Case Presentation. The following case report presents a 42-year-old male displaying symptoms of PTSD, alexithymia, and depression. CONCLUSION: Untreated alexithymia may aggravate the trauma and cause the development of PTSD and depression.
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spelling pubmed-88006112022-01-30 Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances Ogłodek, Ewa A. Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental disorder that develops in the aftermath of traumatic life experiences, especially those that occurred in childhood. PTSD is associated with intrusive memories, distressing dreams, dissociative reactions, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, negative mood and sense of well-being, increased arousal and irritability, and clinically significant distress and impaired functioning. Case Presentation. The following case report presents a 42-year-old male displaying symptoms of PTSD, alexithymia, and depression. CONCLUSION: Untreated alexithymia may aggravate the trauma and cause the development of PTSD and depression. Hindawi 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8800611/ /pubmed/35103107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7760988 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ewa A. Ogłodek. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances
title Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances
title_full Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances
title_fullStr Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances
title_full_unstemmed Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances
title_short Alexithymia and Emotional Deficits Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation of Content and Process Disturbances
title_sort alexithymia and emotional deficits related to posttraumatic stress disorder: an investigation of content and process disturbances
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7760988
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