Trauma and Ptsd

Question 1

Why has there been a cultural debate about PTSD?

Answer 1

 it, used to focus more on the somatic symptoms, such as shellshock, neurosis and stomach problems as well as splashback

Question 2

Why did some people think PTSD existed?

Answer 2

 because of television and so people compare scary memories to TV

Question 3

What are the two most important aspects of PTSD?

Answer 3

Dissociation and reexperiencing

Question 4

What are the four main symptoms of PTSD?

Answer 4

1. Reexperiencing.
2.  avoidance.
3.  negative cognition and mood.
4.  reactivity.

Question 5

True or false children exhibit flashbacks or amnesia

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What do children experience instead of flashback and amnesia?

Answer 6

 jumbled events or like they’re going to die

Question 7

What is a common behaviour for children who have experienced trauma from a young age vs adolescence?

Answer 7

Acting it out when young and acting out when older 

Question 8

What is the prevalence of PTSD?

Answer 8

5% and hiring girls and boys

8% vs 2.3%

Per month 3.9I%

Question 9

What are some risk factors PTSD

Answer 9

 female, previous trauma, persisting, psychiatric disorders, parental mental illness and low social support

Question 10

What are the five influences of trauma?

Answer 10

1. Dosage (how many, how long and how much all9static load)
2. Age
3. Type of trauma
4. Access to resources
5. Genes

Question 11

How does trauma affect the brain

Answer 11

A little bit of stress is good, but too much causes trauma and your sympathetic nervous system is constantly activated. 

Question 12

How does trauma affect genes?

Answer 12

Stress may trigger epic genetic expression of jeans as the telomere is the cap at the end of chromosomes that prevents loss and injury to genetic information. PTSD, combined with virtual, consult in the telomere length which can cause shorter life span

Question 13

Explain the difference between acute and chronic trauma

Answer 13

 With acute trauma,  there is more parasympathetic activity but would be chronic trauma. There is way more sympathetic activity and 

Question 14

What did ireton and colleagues find about trauma and the brain?

Answer 14

They reviewed over 1000 studies in different journal to see what is duplicated from team studies that fit the criteria.  They asked which activation patterns were consistent, and they found their children and adults show different brain activation when it comes to trauma.

For kids, the essential executive network, which is about active thinking and being in your own head and inhibition rather than internal sleep, focus is over engaged and whilst triggered the networks become hyperactive but was calm. They are deficits in the default mode network. And Ccentral executive mode (important for word processing and social tasks) that difference from results from the control group.

Question 15

What does the body heaps the score suggest

Answer 15

 Children and adult a different 

Question 16

What is complex PTSD?

Answer 16

Chronic exposure to traumatic stress 

Question 17

Why is PTSD so difficult to study in boys then girls

Answer 17

The insular girls have smaller volumes and surface areas than boys  which reflects puberty.  Girls with trauma also have precocious puberty.  girls also have shortening Telomere. Voice PPC is harder to measure.

Question 18

What is latent theory of vulnerability?

Answer 18

 what is well with children in justice systems and suggest that people who engage in criminal behaviours have trait histories to act more reckless  due to being triggered

Question 19

What seems to be the best trauma treatment at the moment

Answer 19

1. Exposure therapy, which involves graded exposure to the true narrative and queues . Explore what happened but by but
2. Cpt focuses on cognition related to experience rather than exposure.
3. Mentalis ation involves talking through what is happening to deal with the trauma.
4. Somatic therapy such as sensate.
   

Question 20

How do trauma treatments for children work?

Answer 20

 Trauma focus, CBT usually works with parents and involves exploring trauma slowly using verbal or non-verbal methods and centre trauma focuses on multiple traits that have happened focusing on a narrative of these traumas and positive things to build resilience 

Question 21

What should be considered when you think about t trauma?

Answer 21

Exposure to trauma attachment, dissociation complex trauma, involves the emotional regulation non-clinical psychology field have a lot to say about trauma, trauma, you can be a victim or a perpetrator as hurtpeople hurt people