Anxiety And Tension
California Disability PTSD
The Industrial Medical Council and supporting
advisory committees in California were established in 1989 as part of
workers' compensation reform. The Psychiatric Advisory Committee
followed a legislative mandate to revise the disability evaluation
protocols for psychiatric injury which were accepted into law by the
Office of Administrative Law on December 7, 1993.
The legislature also mandated the IMC to develop guidelines for
common industrial injuries. For further details on California disability
PTSD, read Meditation
Nullifies The Stress Effect!
Violent encounters and exposure
to life threatening events are common occurrences in the workers'
compensation system as well as that of war veterans. The IMC and the
Psychiatric Advisory Committee have thus selected post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) as the focus for establishment of treatment guidelines.
The California legislature made subsequent changes to the workers'
compensation system including a higher threshold of compensability for
psychiatric injuries. The US committee for war veterans also helped the
veterans of war get compensation and get over the PTSD caused due to the
war. Personal stress management requires perfect causes of stress and
symptoms of stress to be analyzed.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
and acute stress disorder fall within the anxiety disorders category.
The individual must respond by experiencing intense fear, helplessness
or horror. There are three symptom categories of PTSD: re-experiencing,
avoidance and arousal.
Cognitive behavioral therapy employing
exposure-related techniques to address painful memories of the original
experience can be very effective to reduce stress and the fear that
often accompanies the PTSD syndrome. Psychotropic medication is a common
component of stress reduction and stress relief. Anti-anxiety
medication, especially for acute stress disorder, and tricyclic
antidepressants