Part 2: Chapter 5 part 2

Question 1

What is imaginal exposure

Answer 1

a. Content and emotions of trauma are worked through systematically

Question 2

What is very important to do in PTSD therapy?

Answer 2

face original trauma to initiate coping that works

Question 3

Define prolonged exposure therapy

Answer 3

a. Work with victim to develop narrative of the emotional experience
b. Expose victim to image for extended period of time

Question 4

In prolonged exposure therapy, what has been implicated to help with extinction

Answer 4

Sleep

Question 5

Define cognitive therapy

Answer 5

i. Works to correct negative assumptions about trauma (guilt, blame, etc.)

Question 6

Define constructivist narrative

Answer 6

a. CBT treatment for PTSD

b. Constructing story of traumatic event and changing the meaning of the story to develop good coping strategies

Question 7

Define eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Answer 7

a. During therapy and thinking about the traumatic experience, the patient follows the touch of the therapist on their eyelids
b. Facilitates reprocessing of event

Question 8

How can PTSD be prevented

Answer 8

a. Quickly giving treatment after trauma has been shown to really help prevent PTSD

Question 9

Define adjustment disorders

Answer 9

1. Anxious or depressive reactions to life stress with less severe symptoms than PTSD
2. Must persist for 6 months to be considered chronic

Question 10

Define attachment disorders

Answer 10

a. Disturbed and developmentally inappropriate behaviours in children (before age 5)
b. Unable/ unwilling to form normal attachment relationships with caregiving adults

Question 11

What causes attachment disorders?

Answer 11

a. Inadequate/ abusive child rearing practices

Question 12

What are the two types of attachment disorders

Answer 12

a. Reactive attachment disorder

b. Disinhibited social Engagement Disorder