Clinical Approach to Trauma and Stress-related Disorders (Hill)

Question 1

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is characterized by?

Answer 1

A person exposed to a traumatic event in which they experienced actual or threatened death/injury of self or others

Question 2

The duration of disturbance and symptoms related to PTSD is more than how long?

Answer 2

One month

Question 3

With PTSD, the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis is hyperactive causing?

Answer 3

1) Elevated BP
2) Elevated HR
3) Disrupted sleep

Question 4

In the treatment of PTSD, what medications can be prescribed?

Answer 4

SSRIs

Question 5

Because of the increased risk of substance abuse with PTSD, what should be avoided from prescribing?

Answer 5

Benzodiazepines

Question 6

What disorder has symptoms similar to PTSD but the duration is different?

Answer 6

Acute Stress Disorder

Question 7

What is the duration of Acute Stress Disorder after trauma exposure?

Answer 7

3 days to 1 month

Question 8

What is characterized by development of emotional/behavioral symptoms in response to identifiable stressor and it occurs within 3 months of stressor?

Answer 8

Adjustment Disorders

Question 9

Adjustment Disorders result in one or both of?

Answer 9

1) Significant distress out of proportion to severity of stressor
2) Impairment in functioning

Question 10

Adjustment Disorders usually does not persist beyond?

Answer 10

Beyond 6 months

Question 11

Adjustment disorders with what else is characterized by low mood, tearfulness, or feelings of hopelessness?

Answer 11

Adjustment Disorder with depressed mood

Question 12

Adjustment disorders with what else is characterized by nervousness, worry, jitteriness, or fear of separation?

Answer 12

Adjustment Disorder with anxiety

Question 13

The following disorders fall under what category?

1) Somatic Symptom Disorder (Pain Disorder)
2) Conversion disorder
3) Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondriasis)
4) Body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 13

Somatoform Disorders

Question 14

Somatic Symptom Disorder is characterized by?

Answer 14

Persistently high level of anxiety about physical health or symptoms such as pain

Question 15

What is characterized by a person having blindness, paralysis, or other neurologic symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation?

Answer 15

Conversion disorder

Question 16

Illness Anxiety Disorder is characterized by?

Answer 16

The preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness which causes anxiety

Question 17

Production of intentional symptoms in another individual (usually a child) for the purpose of having the other person assume the sick role is characteristic of?

Answer 17

Munchausen’s by proxy

Question 18

The inability to recall important personal information usually regarding traumatic experiences is characteristic of which dissociative disorder?

Answer 18

Dissociative amnesia

Question 19

The sudden unexpected travel away from home and the inability y to recall one’s past/personal identity is characteristic of which dissociative disorder?

Answer 19

Dissociative fugue

Question 20

Those with dissociative identity disorder are often survivors of?

Answer 20

Sexual abuse