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Post Traumatic Growth As A Result Of Positive Recovery from Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Personnel

2021; Granthaalayah Publications and Printers; Linguagem: Inglês

10.29121/web/v18i3/15

2349-6193

Ravindra Singh, Amisha Chalga, Ananda Karmakar,

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Background: Sense of alienation from society, constant performance pressure, emotional setbacks, suppressed thoughts, or consistent triggering of traumatic events (combat or non-combat) is not an alien concept in the field of military trauma.Dealing positively with military fatigue can ensure increased resilience and healthy life of the military personnel both on and off duty.Indian and other military forces have also acknowledged the prevalence of the spectrum of psychoemotional, physical and psychological outcomes leading to suicides, psychiatric illness, family relationships, or substance abuse.Objective: The present study aims to explore the possibility that positive and negative effects of trauma can coexist.It also analyzes the access to psychological help to the individual serving in the forces.Methods: Qualitative approach, snowball sampling, and the audience were approached via Google forms and unstructured interviews were used for data collection. Result:The result of the study reveals that the provision of psychological or psychiatric help is often denied by the soldiers owing to the stigma around mental health.Proper examining and assessment of coping behaviors and interventions to positively deal with PTSD can result in better interpersonal relationships and healthy cognitive functioning of the military trauma-population. Conclusion:It is concluded that PTSD and PTG are positively correlated.