scholarly journals “Nightmare is over”: Trauma and Agency in the Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Ruas Machado Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Horror Film ◽  
Trauma Studies ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Post Traumatic

Abstract The 2010 remake of the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street focuses on the earthly abuses committed by the now confirmed pedophile Freddy Krueger. The fact that the victims of Krueger’s sexual assaults start getting murdered in their sleep is relevant to the trauma studies, as nightmares are one of the most common symptoms observed in people diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Therefore, one of the goals of this paper is to analyze the ways in which trauma is portrayed in the movie. Considering that the teenagers can only overcome Krueger — and therefore, their trauma — once they are able to witness the terrible events of their past, this work also aims at observing and discussing the trajectory that allows the protagonists to survive. In order to meet these goals, some central concepts to trauma theory are presented and discussed in relation to their portrayal in the film. The analysis shows that the main character Nancy can only defeat Krueger once she knows everything that has happened in the past and is able to have agency in the story.

scholarly journals Making a medicine out of MDMA

2015 ◽  
Vol 206 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Sessa ◽  
David Nutt
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Treatment Resistant ◽  
The Past ◽  
Post Traumatic

SummaryFrom its first use 3,4,-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has been recognised as a drug with therapeutic potential. Research on its clinical utility stopped when it entered the recreational drug scene but has slowly resurrected in the past decade. Currently there is enough evidence for MDMA to be removed from its Schedule 1 status of ‘no medical use’ and moved into Schedule 2 (alongside other misused but useful medicines such as heroin and amphetamine). Such a regulatory move would liberate its use as a medicine for patients experiencing severe mental illnesses such as treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Civilian Volunteers and Military Soldiers in War against ISIS from Basra City

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-62
Author(s):  
Zainab Kammad ◽  
Aqeel Alsabbagh
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Past ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Ptsd Prevalence

Background: Violence and aggression rates have been high in Iraq, where people have been subjected to many traumatic events for the past decades [acts of terrorism, explosions, kidnapping, systematized violence, and aggression], and for the past three years (with the advent of ISIS), all that has made them susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially in case of people experiencing trauma at the frontlines (soldiers and civilian volunteers). Objective: To determine the prevalence of PTSD among civilian volunteers (CV) and military soldiers (MS) participating in the war against ISIS. Patients and Methods: a cross sectional study done in two major hospital in Basra city, with a sample of 200 subject, 100 from military soldiers and 100 from civilian volunteers. The candidates subjected first to GHQ, then to a special questionnaire for PTSD. P value < 0.05 considered statistically significant. Results: The prevalence of PTSD was found to be 21% and 47% among CV and MS respectively. Conclusion: PTSD prevalence is higher among military soldiers than among civilian volunteers. Keywords: PTSD, civilian volunteers, military soldiers, religious belief.

The Apotheosis of Rage

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
T. M. Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Post Traumatic

Recent psychological research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has demonstrated that one of the most common symptoms of the disorder is heightened or even uncontrollable anger. In the past decade, various works in biblical studies have assessed the effects of trauma on the ancient Israelites and on the texts of the Hebrew Bible, but these have not fully explored either the connection between anger and PTSD or that between anger in the Hebrew Bible and Israelite trauma. This article seeks to demonstrate the close relationship between trauma and rage, and argues that biblical authors often locate their own traumatized rage in the figure of Yahweh. The emotional response of Yahweh toward the Israelites is frequently presented as one of rage, blame, and contempt – a trio of socially distancing emotions. This depiction of Yahweh results in a “theology of distance” wherein Yahweh’s furious emotionality negates the sympathy of audiences toward the traumatized Israelites.


scholarly journals Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with sexual assault among women in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Scott ◽  
K. C. Koenen ◽  
A. King ◽  
M. V. Petukhova ◽  
J. Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
Post Traumatic

BackgroundSexual assault is a global concern with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), one of the common sequelae. Early intervention can help prevent PTSD, making identification of those at high risk for the disorder a priority. Lack of representative sampling of both sexual assault survivors and sexual assaults in prior studies might have reduced the ability to develop accurate prediction models for early identification of high-risk sexual assault survivors.MethodsData come from 12 face-to-face, cross-sectional surveys of community-dwelling adults conducted in 11 countries. Analysis was based on the data from the 411 women from these surveys for whom sexual assault was the randomly selected lifetime traumatic event (TE). Seven classes of predictors were assessed: socio-demographics, characteristics of the assault, the respondent's retrospective perception that she could have prevented the assault, other prior lifetime TEs, exposure to childhood family adversities and prior mental disorders.ResultsPrevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) PTSD associated with randomly selected sexual assaults was 20.2%. PTSD was more common for repeated than single-occurrence victimization and positively associated with prior TEs and childhood adversities. Respondent's perception that she could have prevented the assault interacted with history of mental disorder such that it reduced odds of PTSD, but only among women without prior disorders (odds ratio 0.2, 95% confidence interval 0.1–0.9). The final model estimated that 40.3% of women with PTSD would be found among the 10% with the highest predicted risk.ConclusionsWhether counterfactual preventability cognitions are adaptive may depend on mental health history. Predictive modelling may be useful in targeting high-risk women for preventive interventions.

scholarly journals POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN “WILD” MOVIE DIRECTED BY JEAN-MARC VALLEE

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Bejo Sutrisno ◽  
Ernissa Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Important People ◽  
Therapy Sessions ◽  
Present Life

The objectives of this research are to describe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder be shown of the main character and to mention the types of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that the main character suffers. In this movie, it shows about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Of The Main Character. The movie cuts out a few important people in Cheryl’s real life. In the movie, Cheryl has only one sibling, her younger brother Leif. Cheryl and her father grew particularly close during her mother’s sickness, but after she passed, Eddie remarried and grew distant. Much of Cheryl’s internal monologue during her therapy sessions is made into dialogue with her therapist in the movie. In this movie also explains how to eliminate trauma, by climbing many obstacles by oneself, through many obstacles, so Cheryl feels very grateful for the present life and he realizes that what he does in front must he face, she can not escape from the problem is, because it is history and the future is a mystery that must be dealt with better.

scholarly journals Stroke and Adverse Effects on The Immune and Cardiovascular Systems: The Danger of the Rise and Use of Psychedelic Drugs for Depression and PTSD

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Lysergic Acid ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Psychedelic Drugs ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in the past two decades, has been a growing problem among adults and our youth. For hundreds, if not thousands of years, plant-based psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin and peyote, have been utilized for medical purposes by numerous native tribal people As early as 1950, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), a synthetic mood-altering drug, a report was published that this drug and other psychedelics could be useful in the treatment of psychological and psychiatric problems [1].

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