Question

This week, you will create a Discussion and Conclusion section of a research proposal on PTSD. In a proposal such as this you will also need to include your expected results. The expected results are based on several factors including what you learned from your literature review on similar research and what you learned from your course readings thus far. The difference between a great research paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusions section. The discussion/conclusion section is where you bring together what you learned from the literature review (as well as through the course) in your concluding remarks regarding your topic. Provide an overview of the expected results Develop a conclusion of your research proposal Include information on the ramifications of the study, its limitations, and the potential for future research studies

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary. Also, you haven’t mentioned the name of the paper that your teacher needs you to refer to and so you may have you add to the response. This is why I have left you to write the second half of the conclusion.

(Answer) Discussion – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is also known as PTSD and used to go by the name “shell-shock” in the mid 1900’s. This was a common disorder noticed amongst the soldiers of both the world wars and other civil unrest around the world.

The common symptoms of PTSD include:

Anxiety and flashbacks triggered by memories of past events.

Failure to recover after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.

PTSD can last months or even years if left unchecked.

PTSD alters emotional and physical reactions to great extents.

PTSD can make a patient feel depressed and hence withdrawn from general events. Also, patients tend to avoid the circumstance that may remind them of the event that caused the pain.

PTSD patients can also feel a sense of chronic despair. This, in turn, leads them to neglect their health and daily activities in life.

The common psychiatric treatment for PTSD includes therapy and medication. However, through case studies and secondary research analyses, this study will aim to find whether or not, mental diversions help with a speedy recovery.

In other words, the hypothesis of this study is that individuals who come across extraverted surroundings and social gatherings are likelier to recover faster and better than those that choose to remain detached.

PTSD patient generally chooses to be detached from their surroundings. However, few of these people have the privilege of having family or friends expose them to uplifting environments. This presumably helps with convalescence.

Conclusion – Through the literature review, one is able to come across several case studies that show how patients have worked for months with therapy and medication in order to overcome PTSD. Each of these patients has varied circumstances of how they were afflicted by PTSD and how they defeated the disorder. Some of these patients have had a fuller home and social life with their family and friends, while others have been more secluded. It can be noticed that there is a difference in the level and immediacy of recovery among those with busier work and social schedules than those who happened to have more time to dwell on their past and their circumstances.