CBT for PTSD

Question 1

When was PTSD formalised into the DSM

Answer 1

PTSD officially defined DSM-III, 1980

Question 2

What usually creates PTSD response

Answer 2

This disorder follows exposure to an extremely threatening or horrific event or series of events, characterized by:

Question 3

What are the core symptoms of PTSD?

Answer 3

Re-experiencing TE in the present
Avoidance
Persistent perceptions of heightened current threat
Significant Impairment in functioning

Question 4

What are the characteristics of flashbacks?

Answer 4

bit of multi-sensory video, feels like it is happening now rather than memory from the past
if you can hear/smell/taste/feel a sensation now in absence of a corresponding stimulus in outside world
disrupts ongoing mental/physical activity and causes distress

Question 5

What about intrusive memories

Answer 5

Intrusive memories:
bit of multi-sensory video, feels like memory from past
can’t hear/taste/smell/feel sensations from TE
but disrupts ongoing mental/physical activity and causes severe distress

Question 6

Whats’s the main predictor of whether people go onto experience PTSD?

Answer 6

Process trauma in such a way that there’s a sense of current threat.