Violence

Question 1

PTSD

Answer 1

Freeze - Flight - Fight - Fright

Question 2

PTSD diagnosis

Answer 2

more than 30 days
experiencing symptoms which make it impossible to function
- reliving event (at least 1)
- avoiding area/people involved in event (at least 3)
- always waiting for something else to happen (at least 2) (easily distractible = response to fear)

Question 3

CPTSD: COMPLEX

Answer 3

Freeze - Flight - Fight - Fright - Flag - Faint

flag: not thinking about feelings (dampen down emotions - self-medicate more)
faint: dissociate from experience and feelings (everything/everyone automatically becomes a threat) “me against the world feeling”

Question 4

CPTSD diagnosis

Answer 4

prolonged and repeated interpersonal trauma

Question 5

Treatment

Answer 5

cognitive reconstructuring: help them understand what happened to them
TF cognitive behavioral therapy:
systematic desensitization - teaches relaxation
implosion therapy - person flooded with images and stimuli to provoke anxiety

Question 6

Non traditional treatment

Answer 6

EMDR: rapid eye movements while person is thinking about trauma and then thinks about something else