Trauma Flashcards
Traumatic Stress
an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others
Acute Stress Disorder
occurs within four weeks after exposure to a traumatic stress
Symptoms= reexperiencing, avoidance of reminders, and marked anxiety or arousal
Reexperiencing
—Repeated, distressing images or thoughts, dissociative state
Avoidance
Avoidance
—Attempts to avoid thoughts, feelings related to the event, Avoid people places that remind them of the event
Arousal + Anxiety
—– Predicts a worse prognosis, Restlessness
Dissociation symptoms
———Dazed and act spaced out, depersonalization
Negative Mood or thoughts
——-Inabiltity to experience positive emotions, numbing of responsiveness
Brain structures involved in PTSD
Brain structures involved in PTSD
—–Overwhelming emotional significance registered by the amygdala leads to decrease in hippocampal activation, traumatic input is not organized by hippocampus
Role of classical and operant conditioning in PTSD
Classical + Operant Conditioning
- —classical- creates fear when the terror of trauma is paired with cues
- —–operant- maintains avoidance by reducing fear (NR) avoidance prevents the extinction of anxiety through exposure
EDMR
——–EMDR is thought to be effective because recalling distressing events is often less emotionally upsetting when your attention is diverted. This allows you to be exposed to the memories or thoughts without having a strong psychological response
Causes/Treatment
- —–social factors, PTSD= more intense, social support reduce long-term psychological damage
- ——-treatment CBT- prolonged exposure, Antidepressants
Ethical considerations AF
—–DR. talks to his wife about sessions, inside DR’s living room, “I love you son”
Therapist stereotypes in AF
—–ends up helping therapist
