Trauma Related Disorders

Question 1

PTSD

Answer 1

Entails an extreme response to a severe stressor, including recurrent memories of the trauma, avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and symptoms of increased arousal

Question 2

Adjustment Disorder

Answer 2

Experienced traumatic event but don’t have all the symptoms or the other way around.

Question 3

Acute Disorder

Answer 3

Has to be within a month. If it becomes longer it changes to PTSD

Question 4

Traumatic event

Answer 4

Actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. Direct experience, witnessing in person or learning. Repeated/extreme exposure to aversive details.

Question 5

Three outcomes of trauma

Answer 5

No problems/quick recovery (resilliance)
Posttraumatic growth; Something positive out of it
Mental health problems;

Question 6

Prevalence

Answer 6

Trauma 80%

PTSD 7.4&

Question 7

Predictors

Answer 7

Lack of social support
Trauma severity
Life stress

Low intelligence
Childhood abuse

Question 8

Reexperiencing

Answer 8

Intrusions, bad dreams/nightmares, emotional distress upon cues, physiological reactions upon cues

Question 9

Avoidance

Answer 9

Avoidance internal cues eg memories, thoughts and feeling. Avoidance external cues eg places, situations and people.