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| MRI Innovation Allows Detection of Subtle Traumatic Brain Injuries | | 2008-05-28 10:12:32 | | DALLAS, May 12 -- Tracking progress and predicting outcomes after severe traumatic brain injury may be possible with an innovative MRI-based technique, researchers here said.Called diffusion tensor tractography, the method offers an improved way to measure multifocal nerve damage within the brain after severe head trauma, according to Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and colleagues in the May issue of Archives of Neurology.In a case-control study involving 12 patients with head injuries and 12 healthy volunteers, the technique showed clear differences in axonal integrity within key brain regions, the researchers reported.Action Points * Explain to interested patients that the small study found that a novel MRI technique could measure an otherwise hard-to-detect form of brain injury that correlates with functional outcome. * Explain that the case-control study involved only two dozen patients. The findings need to be confi | | By: angelite nurses | | |
| | | Court and Post Traumatic Stress | | 2008-03-12 07:24:34 | | We have yet another court hearing. It seems as though the last four years have been filled with consistent court hearings, many of them really not pleasant at all. They have at times shaken me to the very core. At times the spoken words have been very difficult to handle, but the unspoken ones have been worse. The amount of stress that is involved in the whole legal process, especially in regards to a CHIPS (Child in Need of Protection or Services) case, with us on the "abusive or neglectful parents" side of things, is beyond anything I'd ever experienced before.Salinda has court this afternoon for her "domestic assault" charges from two weeks ago when she punched me. it is going to mess up her "stay of adjudication" and now she will have a trial for stealing the car. I am still battling feeling guilty for calling 911 even though I know I shouldn't. It could easily mess up her future. But then I remind myself that she is making her own choices. Interestingly, her behavior has | | By: Never a Dull Moment | | |
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| A Traumatic Experience | | 2007-09-11 21:48:57 | | The photo in this entry is Drop by Drop. Photographed and edited by me, Lynda Walldez.
A year ago today I was nearly raped by a man that threatened my life. I can only credit God for allowing me to survive that experience. I would rather not share details of what happened, so I'll share a video I made. I shot it a few months afterwards. It is a video of the place where it happened. I went back just to get some closure. I'm sharing this today to show how I'm still affected by what happened, but it will never take my identity.
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| | Organizational Tip #1: Post-traumatic Martha Stewart-itis syndrome | | 2007-08-10 22:28:00 | | So, who feels more stressed out AFTER reading Martha Stewart's mag? Maybe I have problems, but I find her small font and perfect home layouts and instructions for creating your own doily to be overwhelming. I just feel like an inadequate failure. And to boot, I can barely keep up with the millions of things I need to do involving daily life maintenance. I haven't even gotten to the beauty routine I apparently should be doing. Alas, I seek to share life tips that will not add more weight to your to-do lists, but will actually lessen your load. I am also struggling to juggle multiple responsibilities as many other ladies are these days. My first tip is not so much a tip as a change in mindset. As a female, we seek to please. When I get an email, I feel a compulsion not to offend the sender by waiting too long to write back. When the phone rings, I think, yikes, must get to it! When someone rings the door bell, I throw on whatever scraps are nearby and aim a slightly presentable appearance as not to scare away the villagers. When someone insults me, I USED to believe it, then think, how can I fix my hair, face, manner...you fill in the blank. What is wrong about all of this? I am considering everyone but myself. And why is SOMEONE ELSE'S opinion more valid than your own? Well, it's not. Who could possibly understand your needs better than YOU? And jumping to attention at every available opportunity is not only exhausting, but it is rude to YOURSELF. So, the bigger picture gain by stopping this horrid behavior is a sense of empowerment. Stop dropping everything and getting completely stressed out and abandoning your responsibilities and dreams. So, solution number 1 involves focusing on your own needs first. You are not selfish, you are not cruel, and lastly, being a martyr is boring. Relishing in telling for the 115th time how exhausted you are, and how you don't have time is also boring. What would be interesting is being rested, feeling in control of your destiny, and accomplishing some of your personal goals. So, anytime the phone rings, the doorbell dongs, the email comes buzzing in, first STOP. Second, take a deep breath. Third, say to yourself, will the world explode into a million pieces if I don't answer the phone? In the modern world, with caller ID, you will know if it's the Secretary of State ringing. Unless you are Jack Bauer, this is unlikely. Obviously, turning off the lights and your tunes and hiding in the closet when the doorbell rings reeks of weirdness, and perhaps the UPS man has arrived with tasty treats. You may need to answer the door, but if you don't feel like an hour-long chat with your blabby neighbor, cutting it short isn't rude...her disrespect of your schedule IS. Not that people are to be cut off rudely or socialization is unhealthy...but if you are focusing and working and accomplishing, these interruptions should be kept quick and you should schedule in fun time with friends. Log your phone messages, important emails to return on your calendar or To Do list for a specific time of day. Pick a specified time to devote full attention, much like a doctor's appointment. It is time limited, and whatever you don't finish in that time (I'd suggest 1 hour), is for the To-Do list for tomorrow. TAKING BACK YOUR LIFE AND TIME plan: Interruption occurs (doorbell, phone, email, dog humping your leg, etc.)1. STOP and take a breath2. Ask yourself, "is this absolutely necessary to attend to at this very second?"3. If the answer is no, which it should mostly be, then continue your work... If the answer is yes, you must divert attention, then do so, completing the task quickly and return to your previous activity.4. Make a list of phone calls, emails, visits, and schedule the most vital for a daily block of time. PROS: a sense of control, more work accomplished in less time, re-prioritizing YOU vs the rest of the world, less stress, fewer headachesCONS: your change of behavior may surprise and disappoint others who are used to having you jump when they call (after time and reinforcement, they will get used to the new you)FAB TIP: Toodledo has added great organizational joy to my life. You can add your To Do items, in addition to your schedule, which can all print into a little foldable list every day. Any item you must complete may be given a time of day and time limit as well. Just check out this awesome free tool. Click: Toodledo.com. Toodledo is an easy to use, web-based to-do list. Keeping track of all your tasks will help you avoid disorganization, stay motivated and be more productive. Check it out.
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| | Paris Hilton Describes Jail as 'Traumatic' | | 2007-07-02 23:57:00 | | LOS ANGELES (US): Paris Hilton told CNN's Larry King she would never again drink and drive and that her time in jail was "a time-out in life."In her first televised interview since leaving jail, a demure Hilton said Wednesday that even though she's an Aquarius and "we're social people," her time behind bars taught her "there's a lot more important things in life" than partying."I'm frankly sick of it," Hilton said, with loose, re-blonded locks and camera-ready makeup. "I've been going out for a long time now. Yeah, it's fun, but it's not going to be the mainstay of my life anymore."She said her incarceration was "a very traumatic experience" that inspired a "journey" of self-discovery that she intends to continue. The world will see a new Paris Hilton, she said."I'm glad it happened in a way because it's changed my life forever," she said in the pre-taped, hour-long interview. "I feel stronger than ever and, I don't know, I feel like this is a lesson in disguise."The hotel heiress spent about 23 days in custody before she was sprung Tuesday. Hilton passed the time, she said, considering "what was important and what I want to do."Using her fame to bring attention to social causes rather than the newest Hollywood nightspot, she said"I feel like being in the spotlight, I have a platform where I can raise awareness for so many great causes and just do so much with this instead of superficial things like going out," she said. "I want to help raise money for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis."Hilton said a big misconception about her is that she lives off her family's money."I completely disagree with that," she said.I work very hard. I run a business. I've had a book on The New York Times best-sellers list. I'm on the fifth season of my TV show. I did an album. I do movies."The media has exaggerated her party-girl image, she said, telling King twice she's never taken drugs and does not have a drinking problem."I'm not really into it," Hilton said of drinking.Asked why she never tried to correct inaccurate reports of partying and drug use, Hilton said, "I'm telling you right now so I put a stop to it."Alone in her cell for 23 hours a day, Hilton devoted herself to reading, writing and thinking. She said she made plans to help her fellow inmates and imagined ways to be "a more responsible role model.""I feel like God does make everything happen for a reason," she said. "And it gave me, you know, a time-out in life just to really find out what is important and what I want to do, figure out who I am."Educated in Roman Catholic schools, Hilton said she's "always been religious" and "always had a sense of spirituality but even more so after being in jail."She bought a Bible from the jail commissary and read it daily, she said. Asked to name her favoritepassage, she smiled and looked away."I don't have a favorite," she said.At various points during the interview, Hilton read excerpts from her jailtime journals, beginning each passage with a heavy sigh. She wrote about being at a crossroads, characterizing it as "neither a downfall nor a failure, but a new beginning," and about her "compassion for those I left behind at the prison.""I want to help set up a place where these women can get themselves back on their feet," she read. "I know I can make a difference and hopefully stop this vicious circle of these people going in and out of jail."Hilton said she suffers from claustrophobia and attention deficit disorder, for which she takes medication.She said sheriff's officials released her to home confinement after just three days because ofclaustrophobia and anxiety and panic attacks.After a judge ordered her back to jail, Hilton said she coped by meditating and reading letters from fans.But she still had nightmares of "someone trying to break into my cell and hurt me.""Just the whole idea of being in jail is really scary," she said. "I hate to be alone so that was really just hard for me in the beginning."When asked about the party crowd she hangs with, including Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and her reality TV co-star Nicole Richie, Hilton said "everybody makes mistakes.""I think it's hard for anyone when you're in the spotlight so much," she said. "It's overwhelming for any young girl, but I've handled it well."●best quality famous wallpapers :
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| NCP Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | | 2007-05-14 03:23:00 | | DSM-IV 309.81 Posttraumatic stress disorder (specify acute, chronic, or delayed onset) 308.3 Acute stress disorder An anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to a traumatic event in which the individual has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involve actual or threatened death/serious injury or a threat to the physical integrity of the self or others. The individual’s response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror. (A thorough physical examination should be done to rule out neurological organic problems.) Additionally, a newly recognized phenomenon is the development of PTSD-like symptoms in some individuals who have been involved over a long period of time in the treatment of (or living with) clients with PTSD. ETIOLOGICAL THEORIES Psychodynamics The client’s ego has experienced a severe trauma, often perceived as a threat to physical integrity or self-concept. This results in severe anxiety, which is not controlled adequately by the ego and is manifested in symptomatic behavior. Because the ego is vulnerable, the superego may become punitive and cause the individual to assume guilt for traumatic occurrence; the id may assume dominance, resulting in impulsive, uncontrollable behavior. Biological (Refer to CP: Generalized Anxiety Disorder.) Some studies have revealed abnormalities in the storage, release, and elimination of catecholamines affecting function of the brain in the region of the locus coeruleus, amygdala, and hippocampus. Hypersensitivity in the locus coeruleus may lead to “learned helplessness.†The amygdala appears to be the storehouse for memories, while the hippocampus provides narrative coherence and a location in time and space. Hyperactivation in the amygdala may prevent the brain from making coherent sense of its memories resulting in the memories being stored as nightmares, flashbacks, and physical symptoms. Research is exploring the possibility of a genetic vulnerability including | | By: Nursing Care Plan | | |
| | Putin the Traumatic | | 2007-04-23 20:16:00 | | Are Putin and his cohort afflicted with trauma? This is the question Richard Lourie poses in an interesting column in the Moscow Times. Lourie rhetorically asks, why does an administration with 70 percent approval use such force against a small and politically insignificant opposition. Was it yet another sign of the “turn toward authoritarianism or pre-election jitters?” Lourie writes that: It was a bit of both, but behind both lies a deeper cause. President Vladimir Putin and his generation were shaped by the traumatic collapse of the Soviet Union, just as previous generations were shaped by revolution, terror or war. Their own personal relationship to the Soviet Union and its demise -- their sense of loss, regret and acrimony -- is dwarfed by the sheer magnitude of the event itself. Their shock resulted from seeing that something as mighty and gigantic as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics could vanish so suddenly and so easily. The Titanic of empires, it was the bigge | | By: Sean's Russia Blog | | |
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