After the identification of these “triggers”, be they a location such as a crowded public gathering or familiar action which can lead to flashbacks, the therapist will expose the patient to these stressful situations for prolonged periods of time to develop an “immunity” of sorts in handling previously challenging conditions.
• Cognitive Processing Therapy: A mental exercise in which the patient examines his or her thoughts before and after the traumatic event. Feelings with negative consequences are easily formed in the aftermath of trauma. If identified, patients can have an easier time breaking down that thought and replacing it with another.
• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Medications such as Zoloft and Paxil work through increasing the effectiveness of the neurotransmitter named serotonin. Serotonin is strongly linked with anxiety, one of the most prevalent symptoms associated with …show more content…
Generals in the First World War would order officers to execute deserters on spot (Unknown Author), rather than work with the men to improve their circumstances or reassign them for a form of convalescence. Men such as General Haig, known affectionately at “Butcher Haig” not only got away with his policies of execution pointed toward his own men, but were awarded handsomely for their “service to country” with titles and lordships – proving that such policies were, at the time, accepted and condoned by (UK) government