PTSD Flashcards
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PTSD
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience
2
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PTSD re-experiencing symptoms
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Nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts
3
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PTSD avoidance symptoms
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Deliberate attempts to avoid the memories, people, places, activities, and objects associated with the trauma
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PTSD Negative Cognition and Moods
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Distorted blame of self/others, estrangement, markedly diminished interest in activities, inability to remember key aspects of traumatic event
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PTSD Hyperarousal
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insomnia, irritability, difficulty concentrating, exaggerated startle response
