CH5 - PTSD Section

Question 1

Where a person continues to experience fear and related symptoms long after a traumatic event is _______

Answer 1

Post traumatic stress disorder

Question 2

Acute stress disorder

Answer 2

A milder form of PTSD, usually doesn’t have any dissociative symptoms

Question 3

What is PTSD with dissociative symptoms?

Answer 3

PTSD with the inability to recall the events

Question 4

_____ memories, ____-linked dreams, repetative ____ emotions and sleep disturbances are all symptoms of PTSD

Answer 4

Distressing, trauma, negative

Question 5

What is the profession at the greatest risk for PTSD

Answer 5

First responders

Question 6

6 major traumas

Answer 6

Natural disasters, sexual assault, death, terrorist attacks, torture, child abuse

Question 7

______ and ____ show brain differences; activity in the _____, ______ and ______

Answer 7

PET, MRIs, hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex

Question 8

Child abuse, poverty and lack of social support are all __________ factors of PTSD

Answer 8

environmental

Question 9

Gender and cross cultural differences of PTSD

Answer 9

Women (often due to sexual assault), black americans (often due to environmental factors)

Question 10

_______ people are more likely to seek help for PTSD

Answer 10

Whites

Question 11

Those with lower ______ levels are at greater risk for PTSD

Answer 11

Cortisol

Question 12

Cortisol helps reduce ____________ after stress by lowering ______ and _________

Answer 12

sympathetic nervous system activity, epinephrine and norepinphrine

Question 13

_______ response more actively to emotional stimulis

Answer 13

Amygdala

Question 14

Most common CBT is ___________

Answer 14

systematic desensitization

Question 15

_____ _______ are the least common treatment for PTSD

Answer 15

Beta blockers

Question 16

T/F? Psychological debriefing can do more harm than good

Answer 16

True

Question 17

2 other treatments for PTSD

Answer 17

Stress management, Eye movement desensitization, str

Question 18

The sympathetic nervous system is nerve fibers of the _____ ____ ____ that quicken the _____ and produce other changes experienced by _____ & _______

Answer 18

autonomic nervous system, heartbeat, arousal & fear

Question 19

PET & MRIS show ________ such as activity in the hippocampus, amygdala and prefrontal cortex

Answer 19

brain activity

Question 20

What would a PET or MRI show in the brain of someone with PTSD

Answer 20

activity in the hippocampus, amygdala and prefrontal cortex

Question 21

Cortisol helps reduce ___________ after stress

Answer 21

sympathetic nervous system activity

Question 22

Cortisol helps reduce SNS activity after stres by…..

Answer 22

lowering epinephrine and norepinephrine

Question 23

A dysfunctional _______ may help produce the repeated emotional symptoms in a PTSD patient

Answer 23

amygdala