Month: October 2012
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What Treatments Are Available For PTSD?
PTSD is treated by a variety of forms of psychotherapy (talk therapy) and pharmacotherapy (medication). There is no single best treatment, but some treatments appear to be quite promising, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT includes a number of diverse but related techniques such as cognitive restructuring, exposure therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).…
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What is PTSD?
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a traumatic event. A traumatic event is a life-threatening event such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood. Most survivors of trauma return to normal given a…
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Big Tex Burned Down Today at the State Fair
Wow. Flames take down Dallas Icon today. What happened to Big Tex ?! Read the story here: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/10/big_tex_burned_down_today_at_t.php
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An Incredible Reminder of Hope in a Hopeless Place – Death Row
I am going to stray a bit from the foster care genre of this blog to highlight a story so incredible… It must be shared. Many months ago I checked out some documentaries from the library. One documentary was the true crime story of three little boys mutilated and brutally murdered in Arkansas in what…
