1. Topic: Non-Combat PTSD
Max Arons CHHS 302: Professional Writing for the Health and Human Services Major: Psychology

2. Professional Interest
Career Interests
Understanding for future reference
First-hand experience
Research question

3. Critical Situation/Problem
Statistics
Stigma
Availability of services
Education of services

4. Rhetorical Timing Becoming publicized/More information
Research conducted by the NIH in recent years

5. “They Say” Causes Abuse Violence Effects - Refer to DSM IV

6. Community Connection Stakeholders
Individual with non-combat-related PTSD: The individual in need of support and treatment.
Family/friend of individual: provide support for individual and are occasionally targeted by individual if symptoms are untreated.
Healthcare centers (Clinics, hospitals, treatment centers): Locations which provide services to the individual in question.
Healthcare professionals: Doctors, nurses, psychologists, etc. who treat the individual as well as provide information for the family and individual about support options.
Pharmaceutical Companies: Companies which develop and distribute necessary medication to the individual.

7. Thank you! Any Questions?

8. References
American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV. Washington, D.C.: The Psychiatric Association
Dryden-Edwards, R. (n.d.). Posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) causes, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis by medicinenet.com. Retrieved from
Friedman, M. (2011, March 8). National center for ptsd. Retrieved from
NIH fact sheet-post-traumatic stress disorder. (2011, February 14). Retrieved from
Robjant, K., & Fazel, M. (2010). The emerging evidence for narrative exposure therapy: A review. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(8), 1030–1039.
Scher, C. , McCreary, D. , Asmundson, G. , & Resick, P. (2008). The structure of post- traumatic stress disorder symptoms in three female trauma samples: A comparison of interview and self-report measures. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(7),