Ch 7 - trauma! Flashcards
1
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Traumatic event def?
A
- Actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence to self or others
- Experience it, witness it, learn that it happened to a loved one, and/or repeated exposure
2
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Symptoms of PTSD?
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- Intrusive reexperiencing
- Avoidance of reminders
- Arousal or reactivity
- Negative mood or thoughts
- Dissociation
3
Q
Intrusive reexperiencing?
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- Distressing images or thoughts
- dreams
- flashbacks
4
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Avoidance?
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- persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with trauma
5
Q
Increased arousal?
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- feelings of restlessness & agitation
- anger & irritability
- sleep disturbances
6
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Dissociation def?
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disruption of normally integrated mental processes involved in memory, consciousness, identity, or perception
7
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Depersonalization def / ex?
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- Feel cut off from themselves or the environment
- Watching yourself from above
8
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Derealization def / ex?
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- The world isn’t real
- Living in a nightmare
9
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Dissociative amnesia def / ex?
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- inability to report aspects of the trauma
10
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2 differences between PTSD & ASD (acute stress disorder)?
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- Duration
- acute can’t be longer than a month
- PTSD has to be longer than a month - occurrence
- Acute needs to be within a month of the trauma
- PTSD can occur at any point, even years later
11
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PTSD criteria:
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- Exposure to traumatic event
- Duration: > 1 month, with distress or impairment
- Intrusive symptom(s)
- Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with trauma
- Negative alterations in thoughts and moods associated w/trauma
- Marked changes in arousal/reactivity
12
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ASD criteria?
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- Traumatic event
- Duration: three days to one month
- 9 or more symptoms from five categories:
intrusion
negative mood
dissociation
avoidance
arousal
13
Q
What does ASD tell us about PTSD?
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- ASD is a predictor
- Receiving treatment for ASD decreases chances of having PTSD
14
Q
Most common type of trauma?
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- unexpected death of a loved one
15
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Protective factor against developing PTSD?
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- being married
