Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment
Despite a wide range of studies and medical progress, it seems that we are far from significantly mitigating the problem of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The problem has major social and behavioral components. Developing innovative and effective policies requires a broad scope of analysis an...
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| description | Despite a wide range of studies and medical progress, it seems that we are far from significantly mitigating the problem of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The problem has major social and behavioral components. Developing innovative and effective policies requires a broad scope of analysis and consideration of the highly interconnected social, behavioral, and medical variables. In this article, we take a systems approach and offer an illustrative causal loop diagram which includes individual and social dynamics. Based on the map, we discuss 5 major barriers for effective interventions in PTSD. These barriers work as vicious cycles in the system, reduce effectiveness and therefore value of PTSD treatment. We also discuss policy implications of this perspective. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1025402019-04-12T09:17:46Z Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment Ghaffarzadegan, Navid Larson, Richard C. Despite a wide range of studies and medical progress, it seems that we are far from significantly mitigating the problem of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The problem has major social and behavioral components. Developing innovative and effective policies requires a broad scope of analysis and consideration of the highly interconnected social, behavioral, and medical variables. In this article, we take a systems approach and offer an illustrative causal loop diagram which includes individual and social dynamics. Based on the map, we discuss 5 major barriers for effective interventions in PTSD. These barriers work as vicious cycles in the system, reduce effectiveness and therefore value of PTSD treatment. We also discuss policy implications of this perspective. Department of Defense (MRMC, Army, USMC) 2016-05-18T19:38:14Z 2016-05-18T19:38:14Z 2015-11 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102540 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284718283_Posttraumatic_Stress_Disorder_Five_Vicious_Cycles_that_Inhibit_Effective_Treatment [accessed May 18, 2016]. en_US application/pdf U.S. Army Medical Department journal |
| spellingShingle | Ghaffarzadegan, Navid Larson, Richard C. Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment |
| title | Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment |
| title_full | Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment |
| title_short | Postraumatic Stress Disorder: Five Vicious Cycles that Inhibit Effective Treatment |
| title_sort | postraumatic stress disorder five vicious cycles that inhibit effective treatment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102540 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284718283_Posttraumatic_Stress_Disorder_Five_Vicious_Cycles_that_Inhibit_Effective_Treatment [accessed May 18, 2016]. |
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