Trauma and Stressor Related D/o

Question 1

____-____% of people worldwide are exposed to trauma

____-____% of Americans are exposed to trauma in their lifetime

Answer 1

~60-70%

~75-85%

Question 2

Lifetime Prevalence of PTSD
____-____% US
____% worldwide
____% of US military people

Answer 2

US: ~8-10%
Worldwide: ~5%
US Military People: ~30%

Question 3

An increase in PTSD can be attributed to increased rates in _____ and ______ exposed to ____

Answer 3

military and populations exposed to war

Question 4

12 month prevalence of PTSD = ____-____% of Americans

Answer 4

3-5%

Question 5

PTSD is more prevalent in men or women?

Answer 5

Women

Question 6

Risk factors for developing PTSD are contingent upon what 3 things?

Answer 6

Trauma characteristics
Pre-trauma individual vulnerabilities
Post-trauma factors

Question 7

Trauma characteristics, as a risk factor for PTSD, are described how? (in what 3 subsets?)

Answer 7

Severity (type, intensity)
Proximity (physical distance, closely related to perpetrator)
Duration (# of events, repeated military deployments)

Question 8

Examples of pre-trauma individual vulnerability risk factors for developing PTSD include what 4 risks?

Answer 8

Prior trauma
Childhood adversity
Lower cognitive abilities
Pre-existing anxiety / depression

Question 9

Examples of post-trauma risk factors for developing PTSD include what 5 things?

Answer 9

Availability of social supports and tx

Substance abuse

Early sx of:
numbing
reexperiencing
hyperarousal