Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Question 1

Trauma refers to:

Answer 1

An emotional wound or shock that creates substantial, lasting damage to the psychological development of a person

Question 2

As a result of the trauma experience, children may encounter…

Answer 2

intrusive thoughts, avoidance, or negative emotional reactions to reminders of the traumatic event in conjunction with physiological dysregulation, as demonstrated by disturbance in sleep, hypervigilance, concentration difficulties, and angry outbursts

Question 3

Describe “complex trauma”

Answer 3

Can be the result of multiple exposure to traumatic events, maltreatment, or poly-victimization beginning in the early childhood or adolescent, occurring within the context of unpredictable, uncontrollable, and violent environments sin conjunction with inconsistent or absent caregiving

Question 4

Complex trauma is composed of seven domains of impairment observed in children subjected to recurring trauma exposure. Those domains include…

Answer 4

• attachment (maladaptive behaviors caused by caregivers)
• biology (alterations to the brain caused by chronic stress)
• affect regulation (inability to distinguish and interpret internal states of arousal in conjunction with difficulty accurately identifying emotions)
• dissociation (a loss in the ability to process and integrate information and experiences)
• behavioral regulation (difficulty regulating behavior)
• cognition (impairment in cognitive function)
• self-concept (lack of sense of feeling worthy and belonging)

Question 5

Exposure to trauma often results in substantial difficulty with rest and sleep patterns as the child often exhibits ________ and _________

Answer 5

Hypervigilance and overactive