Lucinda Woodward, psychological sciences assistant professor at Ball State University, will travel to Ghana, the country east of Liberia. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to high-stress situations such as war, natural disaster and general violence, Woodward said. Previous treatments for PTSD targeted the cognitive aspects and worked to eliminate anxiety, but Woodward, an interpersonal theorist, points out the disorder has multiple facets. Woodward conducted a survey in 2005 and found that all 250 former child soldiers surveyed suffered from depression, general anxiety and PTSD, she said. The former child soldiers were forced by their commanders to commit horrific acts such as killing their own families and performing acts of cannibalism, Woodward said. Woodward said she hoped to combine the treatment methods of cognitive anxiety therapy and the development of social relationships. read more
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