Week 10 Flashcards
Until the latest version of DSM, PTSD and the tress disorders were considered part of the:
anxiety disorders
Although knowledge of the brain sites and circuits underlying stress and PTSD is more advanced based on good animals and imaging data:
how this is translated intro treatments is still challenging.
Two small studied directly targeting the amygdala with DBS and surgical ablation both showed clinical ____ in ___
improvement
PTSD symptoms
tDCS have shown promising signs for facilitating extinction of
PTSD
What is psychological trauma?
resulting from one or multiple threatening and stressful events. Results in persistent negative affect.
PTSD and acute stress disorder can be diagnosed from children older than:
6
When you have PTSD, the world feels
unsafe. Upsetting memories, feeling on edge, have trouble sleeping, avoid things that remind you of trauma.
The diagnosis of acute stress disorder an only be considered from:
3 days to one month following a traumatic event
PTSD diagnosis in DSM-5
- exposure to traumatic events (experience, witness, family member)
- intrusion symtoms
- persistent avoidance of stimuli
- negative alterations in cognitions and mood
- alterations in arousal and reactivity (anger)
- duration for more than 1 month
Acute stress disorder diagnosis in DSM-5
- exposure
- intrusive memories
- negative moods
- arousal and more. All happening at the same time.
For ASD, unlike PSTD, symptoms are not classified with
cluster
PTSD included non fear based
Symtoms
Therapies for PTSD and ASD
- prolonged exposure
- cognitive processing therapy (CPT)
- eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
What is fear?
- subjective state
2. physiological responses elicited by stimuli
Why do we have fear?
Threat detection and a protective bodily response which is vital for survival
