Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex and often debilitating mental health condition that can develop in response to a traumatic event. While commonly associated with military veterans, can affect anyone who has experienced a traumatic incident. In recent years, researchers have identified different types of PTSD, each with its unique characteristics and symptoms. In this blog, we will delve into the five types of PTSD, shedding light on their distinctions and implications.
1. Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
Acute Stress Disorder is a type of PTSD that typically emerges within the first month following a traumatic event. It shares many symptoms with traditional PTSD, including flashbacks, nightmares, and anxiety. However, ASD is characterized by its…
Posture is often a silent player in our overall health and wellness, quietly influencing our physical and mental states. Despite its importance, it’s regrettably disregarded in the hustle and bustle of daily routines. This oversight can lead to a cascade of health issues, from chronic pain to decreased lung capacity. However, it’s never too late to straighten up and step into a world of benefits that good posture offers.
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore how posture affects every facet of life and how to make the transformation from a habitual sloucher to someone standing tall and thriving.
The Impact of Posture on the Human Body
The human body is a marvel of engineering, designed to function optimally …
Sanjay Suri
LONDON, Nov 21 2005 (IPS) – The Caribbean countries lead the few that have unexpectedly reversed the spread of AIDS, says a UN report released Monday.
The Caribbean countries lead the few that have unexpectedly reversed the spread of AIDS, says a UN report released Monday.
Last year we were saying that this was the region after sub-Saharan Africa that had the biggest increase, policy director with the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Unaids) Dr Purnima Mane told IPS. But these countries really took the prevention messages very seriously.
Barbados, Bahamas, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, some parts of Haiti and Cuba have made significant advances in checking HIV/AIDS, she said.
I think the advantage they ve had is they are smaller, …
Jie Cao*
TIELING, Oct 19 2007 (IPS) – When I was young, if we had visitors, we d go to the river to catch fish with a net. We could catch many big fish of different kinds, recalled septuagenarian Xie, who lives in this village in the north-eastern Chinese province of Liaoning. At that time, there were big willows on the riverbank, so the villagers could relax under the trees in summer.
The river he was reminiscing about was the Tiaozi River, a tributary of the Liao River that feeds 30 million people. But today, the river is more a canal, given the stench of rotten fish and the disgusting color of excrement. There are no fish in the water, no plants along the banks.
Chemical pollutants coming from upstream, added Xie, have adversely affected the river over the last de…
Busani Bafana and Zahira Kharsany
BULAWAYO, Mar 24 2009 (IPS) – Scientists at Bulawayo s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have embarked on research to develop simple and affordable water purification methods, as more than a billion people live without safe drinking water in developing countries.
Moringa flowers – the seeds of this versatile tree can be used to sterilise drinking water. Credit: J.M.…
Stephen de Tarczynski
MELBOURNE, Aug 28 2011 (IPS) – Concern is growing for the mental health of thousands of people locked up indefinitely in this country s immigration detention system.
In July, the office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman, a statutory body handling complaints about investigations into government departments and agencies, outlined an inquiry into suicides and self- harm among immigration detainees.
I was alarmed that in the first week of June when I visited Christmas Island (detention centres), more than 30 incidents of self-harm by detainees held there were reported, said ombudsman Allan Asher.
The investigation was announced after an increase in such incidents was reported to International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), the contracted he…
Shumi attends school and does shifts at a brick factory. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS
DHAKA, Jul 3 2012 (IPS) – At first glance the smart young women in white overcoats, black rubber boots and protective face masks seem out of place in impoverished Bangladesh’s dirtiest industry – brick making.
But this factory in Savar, 35 km outside Dhaka, is no ordinary brick kiln. It is a Hybrid Hoffman Kiln (HHK) which uses modified German technology that drastically cuts down the smoke and soot associated with firing blocks of clay into bricks.
HHKs also use semi-automatic machines that do away with heavy manual labour, allowing women to be employed in brick-making in…
A three-day polio vaccination campaign kicked off throughout Darfur on Feb. 28, 2011 as part of the Sudanese Government’s efforts to eradicate the disease. Credit: UN Photo/Olivier Chassot
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 2012 (IPS) – It was early July 2004, and Darfur was looking like a war zone massive human displacements of an, ongoing skirmishes, inclement weather, a parched landscape due to the recurring droughts, and sheer misery everywhere.
The worst affected were women and children. Each passing day, the agony and suffering we witnessed was heartbreaking. There was an urgent need to quickly immunise all children in Sudan, and this included Darfur, to prevent , a life-thr…
In Malawi, 16 women die every day of pregnancy-related complications. But Charity Salima says that she is yet to record a single pregnancy-related death at her clinic in Area 23, a township on the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. Courtesy: Mabvuto Banda
LILONGWE, Jul 3 2013 (IPS) – Charity Salima, 54, has helped to deliver over 4,000 babies in her maternity clinic in Area 23 – one of Malawi’s poorest and most populous townships – and has yet to record a single pregnancy-related death.
In Malawi, the lifetime risk of a woman dying in pregnancy or childbirth is one in 36, compared to one in …