Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

Question 1

Results from inadequate caregiving environments in early childhood and encompasses a distinct pattern of a child who is emotionally withdrawn and inhibited. The symptom picture may lead to controlling, aggressive, or delinquent behaviors; trouble relating to peers; other problems

Answer 1

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)

Question 2

A disorder of a child’s social relatedness and the central feature is that the child has experienced serious neglect or pathogenic care (such as severe parental neglect, abuse, or mishandling) very early in life

Answer 2

Disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED)

Question 3

Sitting as if frozen

Answer 3

Frozen watchfulness

Question 4

An anxiety disorder that develops in reaction to physical injury or severe mental or emotional distress, such as military combat, violent assault, natural disaster, or other life-threatening events.

Answer 4

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 5

The symptom picture of this disorder looks a lot like PTSD but the only difference is the emphasis on the severe reaction some people have within the first month immediately following a trauma. There is also a greater emphasis on dissociative symptoms

Answer 5

Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)

Question 6

A disorder that differs from PTSD in that it is short-term, and symptoms usually resolve within 6 months after the stressor or its consequences have ended

Answer 6

Adjustment disorders