U6 Flashcards
PTSD
emotional disorder, fear of re-experiencing a traumatic event (flashbacks, dreams)
how does PTSD differ from other anxiety disorders
develops in result of a true alarm
what is PTSD often misdiagnosed as in kids
ADHD
common causes of PTSD
trauma, physical assault, combat, rape
(or watching it happen to someone else)
diagnostic criteria of PTSD
- exposure to an event of extreme fear, helplessness, or horror
- intrusive re-experiences of events
- avoidance
- emotional numbing and altered cognition
- increased arousal
- longer then 1 month
- considered chronic if over 3 m
treatment of PTSD
imaginal exposure (coping skills)
cognitive therapy
SSRI
actue stress disorder
similar to PTSD, occurs within the first month after trauma
(half of ASD patents develop PTSD)
adjustment disorders
overly anxious or depressive reactions to life stressors
- stem from biological and psychological vulnerabilities to stress
attachment disorders
disturbed/developmentally inappropriate behaviours in children before age 5
- caused by childhood abuse
reactive attachment disorder
child almost never seeks out a caregiver for protection and support or responds
disinhibited social engagement disorder
child shows no ihibition to approaching adults
developmental trauma disorder
ACEs and how the body reacts via toxic stress
- increases risk of physical and mental challenges
developmental trauma dissorder diagnostic criteria
- multiple or chronic exposure to interpersonal truma
- triggered patter of dysregulation in response to trauma cues
- altered attributions and expectancies
- functional impairment
developmental trauma disorder treatment
focused on introducing safety and predicability
kids
- parent child attachment therapy
adults
- CBT
- mindfullness
- DBT
depersonalization
experience of detachment from ones own body
derealization
experience of detachment from ones external environment
diagnostic criteria for depersonalization-derealization disorder
- during trips are still aware of reality existing
- either depersonalization or derealization
causes of depersonalization-derealization disorder
deficits in emotional regulation
dysregulation of HPA axis
significant distress (sometimes follows traumatic event)
dissociative amnesia
inability to recall personal information, usually of a stressful or traumatic nature.
diagnostic criteria for dissociative amnesia
- inability to recall personal information, usually of a stressful or traumatic nature
- can be specified w dissociative fugue
dissociative fugue
memory loss resulting from an unexpected incident or trip to leave an undesirable situation behind (wake up in a new place)
- may assume new identity
dissociative identity disorders
- several identities co-exist (avg 15)
- aspects are partially independent
- transition is called a switch
how are switches identified
change in hippocampal and medial temporal activity
causes of DID
abuse/chronic maltreatment
other traumas
