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What is PTSD?
By definition the consequences of more extreme stressors.
What type of things trigger PTSD?
A wide range of symptoms can induces PTSD extraoridanary events.
What percentage of women and men will experience PTSD at some point in their lives?
20% of women
8% of men
What three things are required to diagnose someone with PTSD?
-Rexperiencing of the traumatic event
-Emotional numbing and detachment
-Hypervigilance and chronic arousal
What is the main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD?
Acute stress disorder occurs within one month of exposure to the stressor and is short lived, not lasting more than 4 weeks.
What are dissociative symptoms?
Symptoms that indicate a detachment from the trauma and from ongoing events.
What is special about people who experience acute stress disorder?
They are at high risk for continuing to experience PTSD for many months following trauma.
What is adjustment disorder?
Consists of emotional and behavioral symptoms that arise within three months of the onset of a stressor.
How does ajustment disorder differ from PTSD?
In acute stress disorder stressors that lead to adjustmnet disorder can be of any severity whereas PTSD stressors are extreme.
What are the top four types of PTSD stressors?
1)natrual disasters
2)abuse
3)combat-war related
4)common traumatic events
Why does PTSD vary across cultures?
Because of traditional sex roles.
What are the different kinds of abuse?
Physical, sexual, emotional.
How does the Severity, duration, and proximity of trauma contribute to PTSD?
The more severe and longer the traumas, and traumas directly affecting people, are more likely to lead to PTSD.
How does social support contribute to PTSD?
Good social support protects against PTSD.
How do shattered assumptions contribute to PTSD?
People whose basic assumptions are shattered because of trauma are more prone to PTSD.
How does prexisting distress contribute to PTSD?
People who are already distressed before a trauma are at greater risk for PTSD.
How do Coping Styles contribute to PTSD?
Use of avoidance, rumination, or dissociation or inability to make sense of trauma increases risk for PTSD.
How does psychological hyperactivity contribute to PTSD?
PTSD sufferers show greater arousal of neurotransmitters, hormones, and brain regions associated with stress response.
How do genetics contribute to PTSD?
Vulnerability to PTSD may be influenced by genetic factors.
What is one reason why PTSD may be more common in women?
Women most frequently suffer from stigmatized stressors such as sexual abuse whereas men are mores likely to suffer from other types of stressors.
What is special about people who are able to make sense of their traumas?
They are less likely to develop PTSD.
How do people make sense of their traumas?
-Religion & philosophical beliefs
-Reevaluating life and relationships
-Positve life changes.
What changes in the brain occur in people who suffer from PTSD?
-The amygdala appears to be hyperreactive to trauma
-The hippocamus tends to shrink
-Levels of coritizol are lower
What does Cognitive behavioral therapy do for sufferers of PTSD?
Systematic desenitization is used to extinguish fear reactions to memories; cognitive techniques are used to challenge irrational thoughts.
What does Stress management therapy do for sufferers of PTSD?
Therapist helps the client solve concrete problems to reduce stress; may use thought-stopping strategies to quell intrusive thoughts.
What do Biological therapies do for sufferers of PTSD?
Antianxiety and antidepressant drugs are used to quell symptoms.
What do Sociocultural approaches to therapy do for sufferers of PTSD?
PTSD symptoms are understood and treated within the norms of people's culture.
What do all treatments of PTSD focus on?
Exposing clients to feared images, challenging distorted cognitions, managing stressful conditions, and reducing powerful anxiety symptoms.
What types of drugs are used to treat PTSD?
Benzodiazepines and antidepressants.