2: Response to trauma Flashcards
What is a
a) centrifugal
b) centripetal
disaster?
a) People involved don’t know one another
b) People involved are in the same community
What is Type 1 trauma?
Single event, unexpected, life changing
What is Type 2 trauma?
Repetitive, ongoing trauma
e.g betrayal of trust in a caring relationship, being a hostage, ongoing abuse…
People who experience Type 2 trauma are more at risk of which psychiatric disorder?
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Patients admitted to ___ ___ may develop PTSD.
intensive care
Which groups in society are much more likely to be victims of major incidents?
Poor
Marginalised
Which psychiatric disorders may have a background of childhood trauma?
Depression
Bipolar disorder
How is childhood trauma addressed in patients with depression or bipolar disorder?
CBT
Why are anxiety and fear helpful in controlled episodes?
Promote survival
The freeze response to a distant threat is (voluntary / involuntary).
voluntary
What type of freeze response occurs in response to an inescapable threat?
Tonic immobility
Involuntary, associated with increased pain threshold, thought to increased survival
In which modern context may tonic immobility occur due to an inescapable threat?
Sexual assault
Where in the brain do instinctual freeze responses originate?
Brainstem
PAG, VTA
What is the emotional reaction to a traumatic event?
Intense fear, helplessness or horror
What is the official definition of a traumatic event?
Experience of threat of death or serious injury (self/others)
