https://ourworldindata.org/mental-health Quote: "In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence, disease burden rates, and mortality impacts across a number of disorders... Mental health and substance use disorders are still significantly under-reported. This is true across all countries, but particularly at lower incomes where data is scarcer, and there is less... Continue Reading →

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967 Quote: "Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Most people who go through traumatic events may have temporary difficulty adjusting and coping, but... Continue Reading →

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/family/effect_families.asp Quote: "This research showed that Vietnam Veterans have more marital problems and family violence. Their partners have more distress. Their children have more behaviour problems than do those of Veterans without PTSD. Veterans with the most severe symptoms had families with the worst functioning. How does PTSD have such a negative effect? It may... Continue Reading →

This website is one of the best websites I found for an intro to the stigma surrounding PTSD. It categorizes the four kinds of stigma: PUBLIC STIGMA - public endorsing inaccurate stereotypes SELF-STIGMA - internalized beliefs of outside opinions LABEL AVOIDANCE - avoid the label of ‘mental illness’ or “trauma” STRUCTURAL STIGMA - institutional policies... Continue Reading →

https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.2490060405 This journal was written by Edna Foa, David Riggs, Constance Duncu and Barbara Rothbaum who are all renowned in the psychiatry field. This particularly journal is extremely interesting as it assesses the scale of PTSD. It is widely known that everyone shows PTSD symptoms in different ways and it all depends on the ability... Continue Reading →

https://www.psycom.net/PTSD-symptoms-women Psycom does an excellent job at discussing the differences between male and female symptoms in people suffering with PTSD. Many people do not talk about, nor know, about the differences in symptoms between the two genders. This has to do with two things 1) the higher estrogen levels in women, that cause a more... Continue Reading →

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540121.2014.901486 I found this article one of the most interesting articles I have read while doing my research. It is a case-study on HIV-infected individuals and how the social stigma can lead to PTSD. In one of my earlier sources, we can see the social stigma is the root of structural stigma and personal stigma... Continue Reading →

Baltimore Medical Centre. (September 2016). Ending Self Stigma for PTSD (ESS-P). https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02734212 Baltimore Medical Clinic has done many beneficial study’s in the past, with their team of qualified researchers, and in 2016, they conducted a psychiatric clinical study on self-stigma in PTSD. A group of war veterans, of various ages, were thoroughly interviewed first, on... Continue Reading →