Stress and Trauma Flashcards
Social Work
goals are to increase the well-being of individuals and communities and redress poverty, inequality, oppression, and violence
Stress
our body/brains response to stressors
Stress Response
mediated through the sympathetic nervous system as well as the endocrine system
Hypothalamus
stimulates production of norepinephrine and corticosteroids by the adrenal glands
- also stimulates some organs directly
Sources of Resiliency
personality/disposition, self-/ego, interpersonal/social, worldview/culture, behavioural/cognitive skills, and other (economic resources and good health/fitness)
Trauma
can be caused by a single, intense event or a more longterm, adverse situation
- changes the way you see the world, and your body’s relationships to the environment
Coercive Control
identified as a significant source of trauma which occurs within families
Physiological Symptoms of Trauma
increased stress response, hyper sensitization or desensitization to stimuli, panic
Psychological Symptoms of Trauma
dissociation of memories, depersonalization or derealization, psychological defence mechanisms
Psychosocial Symptoms of Trauma
loss of trust, avoidance of intimacy, shame
Diagnosing Trauma
when symptoms of trauma last more than a month, it is called PTSD
Acute Stress Disorder
when symptoms of trauma occur shortly after an event and lasts less than a month
Trauma and Memory
trauma is often remembered as somatosensory images, without a declarative or narrative aspect to them
- images often don’t initially occur together, it can tame years to construct a narrative of what happened to them
Guilt and Shame: PTSD
guilt and shame are very common feelings after trauma
- survivors guilt; surviving when other did not and/or guilt for how one did survive
- people may blame themselves for the traumatic event and feel like they brought it on themselves
Treatments for Trauma
- SSRI’s
- cognitive therapies ie; narrative exposure therapy
- psychotherapy and group therapy
- psychedelics
