Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

<p>Thanks for listening and subscribing to Learning More, where each week we bring you a new story about people, inventions, pop-culture, and life. On this episode we discuss PTSD. &nbsp;</p><p></p><p>Let's start by looking at the numbers 70% of adults will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime and 20% of people who experience traumatic event will develop PTSD. In any given year about 8 million people are diagnosed with PTSD and statistically, one in 13 people that are listening to this podcast right now will develop PTSD at some point in their life.&nbsp;</p><p></p><p>With the stress of the Pandemic, riots, job losses and economic uncertainty, it's possible that these stats will go up.</p><p></p><p>We learn more from Dr. Laila Ansari, PhD, filmmaker, Trev Harwood and Dr. Arash Javanbakht M.D.&nbsp;</p><p></p><p>Dr. Ansari received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her Ph.D. from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 12 years of experience working in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p><p></p><p>Trev Harwood, the founder of Soaring Productions and a child of a Vietnam War veteran. &nbsp;We discuss his short film,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ULPXE4_7E" target="_blank">Lamentations</a> and the children of Vietnam vets.</p><p></p><p>Dr. Arash Javanbakht M.D., is a psychiatrist and serves as the director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (<a href="https://www.starclab.org/">STARC</a>).</p><p></p><p><strong>Show Links:</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ULPXE4_7E" target="_blank">Short Film Link</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.crisistextline.org/" target="_blank">Crisis text line</a> Text HOME to 741741 (US)</p><p></p><p><a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/" target="_blank">C-PTSD Foundation</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://today.wayne.edu/medicine/news/2020/06/13/starc-lab-develops-app-to-help-alleviate-covid-caused-stressors-37570">Pandemic Stress Tips‪ App</a>&nbsp;</p>