Trauma Final Flashcards
(33 cards)
What is the acronym for PTSD
TRAAA
Traumatic event, re-experiencing, avoidance, alterations, arousal
What are some SYSTEMIC AND STRUCTURAL barriers to treatment?
Access issues, availability of services, affordability, poor quality of care, cultural matching, policy limitations
Access issues
inaccessibilities, location, transportation
Availability of services
few opportunities for in-home services, rise in telehealth services
Affordability
high cost of medications/services, lack of insurance or disability coverage
Poor quality of care
limited access to culturally competent clinicians and case management
Cultural matching
few opportunities to work with clinicians who match their identities
policy limitations
Global lack of comprehensive mental health policies, lack of legal protections of human/civil rights for people with mental illness
What are some INDIVIDUAL barriers?
Internalized stigma, lack of education of mental illness, cultural norms
What are some ATTITUDINAL barriers?
low perceived mood, desire to handle problems on their own
Which barrier played a bigger role in influencing and continuing treatment
attitudinal
Eustress
GOOD, helps with motivation. It is positive and helps us prep
ex: studying, new baby, getting married, stress before a performance
Distress
BAD, unhealthy, and negatively impacts us
ex: trauma, perceived stress, car accident
What are the different levels of stress
Stress levels range from acute to chronic. Within this we have micro (individual), meso (family, community), macro (nationwide, worldwide)
examples of levels of stress
acute: fight with friend
chronic: financies
micro: discrimination
meso: natural disaster
macro: recession
Resilience
A persons ability to cope with the negative impact of trauma
What are the three facts of resilience
recovery- ability to resume normal pre-stress level
resistance- ability to maintain and exhibit normal functioning through stressor
reconfiguration- ability to reconfigure cognitions, beliefs, and ADAPT
Posttraumatic growth
positive, meaningful psychological changes that a person can experience as a result of struggling with traumatic and stressful life events
This includes developing an increased appreciation
What are the growth domains of PTG
peceived changes in self
changes in life priorities
improved relationships
increased existential awareness
enhanced spiritual beliefs
Facilitators of PTG (8)
- sharing negative emotions
- cognitive processing or rumination
- positive coming strategies
- agreeableness
- experiencing multiple sources of trauma
- event centrality
- resilience
- growth actions
What is the difference between hyperactive sympathetic and hypoactive parasympathetic
HS- overactive fight or flight
HP- underactive maintenance of rest
Health and physical changes that come with trauma
increased cardiovascular reactivity to trauma cues
disrupted sleep
hyperactive sympathetic and hypoactive parasympathetic
hypothalamic-pituitary
high resting heart rate
What are the 3 components of the stress response
physiological- arousal, hormone secretion
emotional- anxiety, fear
behavioral- coping strategies
What are the stages of the stress response
- stimulus
- primary appraisal
- secondary appraisal
- ability to cope
- stress response