anxiety and PTSD

Question 1

amygdala

Answer 1

controls various emotional behaviours
helps to regulate our behaviour along with the orbitofrontal cortex

Question 2

window of tolerance

Answer 2

the optimal zone
experience of an internal or external stressor may cause you to move outside the window

hyperarousal - fight mode
hypoarousal - flight mode

Question 3

Mowrer

Answer 3

two factor theory
anxiety develops through classical conditioning
anxiety is maintained via operant conditioning

Question 4

Beck

Answer 4

negative triad
negative view of the world, the self and the future
a negative outlook on life, pessimistic to situations

Question 5

behavioural therapy

Answer 5

systematic desensitisation
flooding

Question 6

acute trauma

Answer 6

caused by a single event
e.g car crash

Question 7

chronic trauma

Answer 7

caused by prolonged traumatic events
e.g war

Question 8

PTSD

Answer 8

intense, disturbing thoughts and feelings related to an individuals experience that lasts long after the traumatic event has ended lasting months or years

Question 9

trauma brain

Answer 9

the process of moving memories to the hippocampus is disrupted so there are no added details to the memory, what happened before and after, only the emotion tagged to it. the amygdala doesn’t know the difference between threat then and threat now

Question 10

right side of the brain

Answer 10

right side is linked to memories and emotions
following trauma working with the right side may help improve social interactions
the right side relays the fearful side of the story

Question 11

phase orientated trauma treatment

Answer 11

form a stable relationship with therapist
retrieve and transform traumatic memories into meaningful ones
take effective action to overcome learned helplessness