exam 2 final day

Question 1

Treatment for BDD

Answer 1

Antidepressants

Question 2

History for treating BDD

Answer 2

early trials only showed mild or mode rant improvement with using antidepressants
modern trials show that higher doses of anti depressants help with bed

Question 3

Exposure with Response Prevention

Answer 3

since bed is similar to OCD, ERP is also use
focus is to identify and change distorted perception of body during exposure and
prevention of checking response (it is important to not offer reassurance during this time)
ERP leads to more improvement than medication

Question 4

Resistence to pyshciatirc referel

Answer 4

How is a psych going to help them when they can just go to the plastic surgeon

Question 5

PTSD

Answer 5

A pattern of symptoms that persist long after a traumatic situation has occurred
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Question 6

history of PTSD

Answer 6

been in the DSM since 1980
you can find reference to PTSD as early as world war 1 (known as shell shock)

Question 7

Acute Stress disorder

Answer 7

PTSD occuring in the first month after the trauma

Question 8

Trauma definition in order to be diagnosed for PTSD

Answer 8

you need exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence
ex. Combat experience, school shootings, a serious car accident, rape.

Question 9

Prevalance of PTSD

Answer 9

7% of the population

Question 10

COmmon traumas of PTSD

Answer 10

combat
19% of vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan
rape
74% of rape victims met criteria for ASD
3 months later 35% met criteria for ptsd

Question 11

Gender differences in PTSD

Answer 11

women are more likely to develop PTSD
9.7% of women
3.6 % of men
interesting because men are the ones who are in the battlefield

Question 12

Etiology

Answer 12

some people argue that ptsd does not have a place in abnormal because it is a normal reaction

Question 13

Age of PTSD

Answer 13

PTSD can occur at any age

Question 14

Symptoms of PTSD (4 categories)

Answer 14

1.) intrusively experiencing the traumatic event
wake up and are sure they are in combat
2.) avoidance
if you are raped in college you will drop out of college
a man was in iraq but then couldn’t be on the beach
3.) mood and cognitive changes
-reduced responsiveness
-pyschic numbing
people feel detached from people
-anhedonia
-survivor guilt
4.) increased arousal and reactivity
irritable or agressive behavior
may demonstrate hyper alertness
exaggerated startle response
reckless or self destructive behavior

Question 15

Severeity of Stressor

Answer 15

67% of POW’s developed PTSD

Question 16

Generalized psychological vulnerability

Answer 16

Family instability may instill this sense that the world is an uncontrollable dangerous place

Question 17

Social Support

Answer 17

may act as a buffer against developing PTSD

Question 18

hardiness

Answer 18

ability to deal with stress
if you have a history of stress you can cope with it better than those who haven’t

Question 19

Premorbid pyscholgical function

Answer 19

if you had a anxiety disorder before the trauma you are at higher risk for developing PTSD

Question 20

EXPOSURE to treat PTSD

Answer 20

exposure to the cues associated wight he original trauma
could involve recreation
could involve visiting the scene of an accident

Question 21

Virtual Reality therapy

Answer 21

one combat software program was very very accurate
simulations are incredibly intense

Question 22

Medication for PTSD

Answer 22

anit depressants benzos and beta blockers