Trauma and stress

Question 1

what are first-line pharmacotherapy for PTSD

Answer 1

SSRIs
particularly sertraline and paroxetine

Question 2

what medication is used to treat nightmares

Answer 2

prazosin

Question 3

best medication for treatment on insomnia in PTSD

Answer 3

low dose trazadone over benzodiazepines

Question 4

how are PTSD and acute stress disorder differentiated

Answer 4

Acute stress disorder lasts from 3 days to 1 month and PTSD in >1 month duration of sx

Question 5

categories of symptoms for PTSD and acute stress disorder

Answer 5

intrusive
avoidance
negative mood/cognition
hyperarousal

Question 6

timeframe of sx appearance in adjustment disorders

Answer 6

sx may not begin for up to 3 months after stressor and do not always resolve once stressor is removed

Question 7

types of adjustment disorders

Answer 7

-with depressed mood
-with anxiety
-with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
-with disturbance of conduct
-with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
-unspecified