Task 2 Flashcards
What happens in Dissociative Identity Disorder?
- Possession of more than one personalities
- Often paired with some sort of amnesia, which makes one alter ego forget the events during the control of another alter
The rejected Trauma-Memory Argument says what?
Dissociation is caused by a traumatic experience.
What is the impact of a Type 1 trauma on memory?
It produces a flashbulb memory
What is the effect of a Type 2 trauma on memory?
It produces psychological numbness or a denial of the existence of the trauma, which leads to dissociative amnesia.
What is a Type 1 Trauma?
A single, outstanding event
What is a Type 2 Trauma?
A traumatic event that is reoccurring over a long time
What does it mean when someone has delayed expression of PTSD?
The patient develops the symptoms only after the first 6 months after the event
What kind of biological abnormalities are found in the brains of PTSD patients?
- Hyperactive Amygdala
- Hypoactive MPFC
- Shrunken Hippocampus
- Elevated Norepinephrine Levels
Which gender is more likely to develop PTSD?
Females
How many PTSD patients develop a comorbid disorder?
50%
What is the lifetime prevalence of PTSD?
7%
What is Dissociation?
The process of different facets of the self, memories and consciousness becoming disconnected
- Also referred to as Depersonalization or Derealization
What does IQ have to do with PTSD?
A lower increases the risk of developing PTSD as a response to a traumatic event.
What is a technique that is often used in treating PTSD using CBT?
Systematic Desensitization
What is Stress-Inoculation Therapy?
Teaching the client skills that help them overcome problems in their life, which increase their stress and other problems caused by PTSD
What is a commonly used drug in treating PTSD?
SSRIs -> Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
How does the controversial treatment method EMDR work?
- The eye movement task taxes our working memory and thus, less capacity is left to be used for recalling the traumatic event.
- As events during recall can affect reconsolidation of memories, the EMDR method leads to what is called imagination deflation.
Applying Baddeley’s limited capacity working memory theory, what can be said about for whom, EMDR might be more effective?
For people with low working memory capacity.
What is an important factor of EMDR determining its efficiency?
Difficulty of the dual-task. It has to be appropriately difficult.
What is the phenomenon called, that is observed in PTSD patients, in which patients interpret their anxiety as evidence that a threat is present?
Emotion-Based Reasoning
What is intrusion-based reasoning?
when people with ptsd assume danger because of a cue, that they associate with their trauma.
What is special about intrusion-based reasoning?
It might be causal for PTSD
What is a previous assumption that has been disproven by Zoet et al?
That having the dissociative subtype of PTSD decreases level of treatment effectiveness
