Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

Intense, prolonged, delayed reaction following exposure to an exceptionally traumatic event

Question 2

Clinical presentations

Answer 2

1. Reliving the situation
2. Avoidance
3. Hyperarousal
4. Emotional numbing

Question 3

Dissociative amnesia definiton

Answer 3

Inability to remember an important aspect

Question 4

Diagnostic Criteria

Answer 4

• Exposure to a traumatic event,
• Above features present within 6 months of the event,
• Features last > 1 month.

Question 5

Assessment

Answer 5

• Psychiatric history + MSE
• Trauma Screening Questionnaire (TSQ)

Question 6

Treatment

Answer 6

FIRST LINE: Trauma-focused CBT + Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
- Sertraline/venlafaxine
- Zopiclone