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PTSD Flashcards

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DSM-5 Part A symptoms

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Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence

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DSM-5 Part B symptoms

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Recurrent involuntary and intrusive distressing memories of traumatic event

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DSM-5 Part C symptoms

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Avoidance of or efforts to avoid distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings about or closely related with the traumatic event

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Who created the cognitive model of PTSD

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Ehlers and Clark (2000)

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Key claims of cognitive model of PTSD

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Pre existing traits and cognitive processing during trauma influence the nature of the memory and the appraisal of trauma

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What is the nature of trauma memory?

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Experiencing dissociation during traumatic event means likely to develop unusual atypical memory of trauma.

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What does the filling system do?

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Elicited by putting together complex cues in the episodic memory. Trauma gets paired with sensory info which triggers memory

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Appraisal of trauma and its consequences

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Low self esteem and high self blame

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Maladaptive strategies

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Avoiding activities and areas related to the trauma creates a vicious cycle - suppressing emotions

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Supporting evidence for Ehlers and Clark (2000) model

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Ehring et al (2008)

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What did Ehring et al (2008) do?

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Assessed 147 A&E admissions following road traffic accidents on the day, 2weeks later, 1month later, 3months later and 6months later

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What did Ehring et al (2008) find at 2 weeks?

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At 2 weeks 33 ppt met PTSD criteria

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What did Ehring et al find at 6 months?

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At 6 months, 17 ppt still met the criteria for PTSD

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What were related to symptoms at 6 months (Ehring et al, 2008)?

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Interviews on cognitive processing during trauma, memory disorganisation, negative appraisal & consequences, safety behaviours, rumination, thought suppression + ongoing dissociation.

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What is a psychological therapy of PTSD

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Trauma focussed cognitive therapy (CBT)

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Evidence of CBT for PTSD

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Ehlers et al (2005) + Cusak et al (2016)

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What did Ehlers et al (2005) aim to do?

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They aimed to identify and modify hotspots and appraisal of memory

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What is a hotspot

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The most traumatic moment of the memory

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What is an appraisal

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For example being in a car accident and telling yourself your a terrible dad for putting kids at risk

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How did Ehlers et al (2005) aim to identify and modify?

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Reducing re experiencing by elaborating trauma memory, identifying triggers and breaking link with trauma memory = drop dysfunctional behaviours and cognitive strategies

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Supporting evidence of Ehlers et al (2005)

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Cusak et al (2016)

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What did Cusak et al (2016) do?

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Meta analysis showing CBT is effective
Data from 9 studies with range of different controls used

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What was the overall effect size found in Cusak et al (2016) meta analysis?

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Effect size = 1.36
Confidence intervals = 0.94 - 1.77
This is a very large effect

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Limitations of Cusak et al (2016) meta analysis

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While used a mix of controls most often was waiting list.
While cognitive therapy is effective, this study found exposure therapy to be the most effective

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What is a biological intervention of PTSD?

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Pharmacotherapy - SSRIs

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What did Ipser and Stein (2012) find in their review?

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SSRIs have a small effect on PTSD symptoms compared to the placebo

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Who ran an SSRI meta analysis for PTSD?

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Hoskins et al (2015)

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How many studies did Hoskins et al (2015) use in their meta analysis?

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21 studies with 3,930 ppt

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How many studies reported no significant effect of SSRIs on PTSD (Hoskins et al, 2015)

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13 studies

30
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What was the effect size of Hoskins et al (2015) meta analysis

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Effect size = 0.23
Confidence intervals = 0.12 - 0.33
Overall found small statistical significance of SSRIs on PTSD

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