Effects Of Trauma, Assessing, And Diagnosing

Question 1

What is one of the most common comorbid disorder for PTSD?

Answer 1

Depression - 30-50% of people with PTSD also meet criteria for MDD

Question 2

What is one of the main differences between Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and PTSD?

Answer 2

1. ASD occurs within the 1st month after the traumatic event
2. ASD can become PTSD if the symptoms persist after the 1 month

Question 3

What are the three dissociative disorders?

Answer 3

1. Depersonalization/derealization disorder
2. Dissociative amnesia
3. Dissociative identity disorder

Question 4

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

Answer 4

Physical symptoms with somatic focus and excessive thoughts/behaviors related to the symptoms

Question 5

Why are women more likely to experience sustained PTSD?

Answer 5

1. More likely to be exposed to PTSD-producing traumas
2. Women are more likely to endorse symptoms and seek help

Question 6

What are the criteria for a stressor in a PTSD diagnosis?

Answer 6

1. Exposure to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence, in the following ways:
2. Direct exposure
3. Witnessing
4. Learning about a relative or close friend
5. Indirect exposure (first responders, medics, etc.)

Question 7

What is Depersonalization?

Answer 7

Experience of being an outside observer of or detached from oneself (feeling as if “this is not happening to be” or as if it’s a dream)

Question 8

What is Derealization?

Answer 8

Experience of unreality, distance, or distortion (things are not real)

Question 9

What are the difference between process and symptom responses?

Answer 9

Process responses involve observable behavior during clinical interviews or therapy
Symptom responses involve the marker or forms of psychological disturbance