Title of Work: The Effects of Sexual Harassment

Thesis Statement: Sexual harassment is a crime that can cause someone a post-
traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

Outline:

1.0 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

1.1 Effects of PTSD
1.2 Suffering from PTSD
1.3 Treatment and Prevention

2.0 Anxiety
2.1 Effects of Anxiety
2.2 Suffering from Anxiety
2.3 Treatment and Prevention

3.0 Depression
3.1 Effects of Depression
3.2 Suffering from Depression
3.3 Treatment and Prevention

Essay:

Sexual harassment is defined as any uninvited sexual behavior that is offensive,

humiliating, and intimidating to others. It is also against the law to sexually harass
anyone. Sexual harassment has taken a long time to be acknowledged as a serious
problem. Nonetheless, it is a start that can protect people from this harassment.
This type of harassment has a significant impact on the victim, and it can result in
post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops in some people
who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. People with PTSD
have intense, disturbing thoughts and feelings related to their experience that
last long after the traumatic event has ended. They may relive the event
through flashbacks or nightmares; they may feel sadness, fear or anger; and
they may feel detached or estranged from other people. People with PTSD may
avoid situations or people that remind them of the traumatic event, and they
may have strong negative reactions to something as ordinary as a loud noise or
an accidental touch. Specific psychological treatment that have been studied for
the prevention of PTSD include the following: psychological debriefing
interventions, including critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) and critical
incident stress management (CISM); psychological first aid (PFA); trauma-focused
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT); cognitive restructuring therapy; cognitive
processing therapy; exposure-based therapies; coping skills therapy (including
stress inoculation therapy); psychoeducation; normalization; and eye movement
desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). These therapies are designed to
prevent the onset of PTSD and development of trauma-related stress symptoms
soon after exposure to a traumatic event.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and can be beneficial in some situations. It

can warn us of impending threats and assist us in planning and paying
attention. These disorders are marked by excessive fear or anxiety, as opposed to
normal emotions of apprehension. For example, you might feel anxious when
faced with a difficult problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an
important decision. It can help you cope. Anxiety may give you a boost of energy
or help you focus. But for people with anxiety disorders, the fear is not
temporary and can be overwhelming. This is one of the most common mental
disorders and affects nearly 30% of adults at some point in their lives. This kind
of disorder is treatable. A number of effective treatments are available.
Treatments will consist of a combination of psychotherapy, behavioral therapy,
and medication. Alcohol dependence, depression, or other conditions can
sometimes have such a strong effect on mental well-being that treating an
anxiety disorder must wait until any underlying conditions are brought under
control. In some cases, a person can treat an anxiety disorder at home without
clinical supervision. However, this may not be effective for severe or long-term
anxiety disorders. There are several exercises and actions to help a person cope
with milder, more focused, or shorter-term anxiety disorders, including: stress
management, relaxation techniques, exercises to replace negative thoughts with
positive ones, support network and exercise.
Depression is a common and serious medical illness that has a negative impact on
how you feel, think, and act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes
feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can
lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your
ability to function at work and at home. Depending on the severity and pattern
of depressive episodes over time, health-care providers may offer psychological
treatments such as behavioural activation, cognitive behavioural therapy and
interpersonal psychotherapy, and/or antidepressant medication such as selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). Health-
care providers should keep in mind the possible adverse effects associated with
antidepressant medication, the ability to deliver either intervention (in terms of
expertise, and/or treatment availability), and individual preferences. Different
psychological treatment formats for consideration include individual and/or
group face-to-face psychological treatments delivered by professionals and
supervised lay therapists. Antidepressants are not the first line of treatment for
mild depression. They should not be used for treating depression in children and
are not the first line of treatment in adolescents, among whom they should be
used with extra caution. There's a way to prevent depression. Take steps to
control stress, to increase your resilience and boost your self-esteem. Reach out to
family and friends, especially in times of crisis, to help you weather rough spells.
Get treatment at the earliest sign of a problem to help prevent depression from
worsening. Consider getting long-term maintenance treatment to help prevent a
relapse of symptoms.