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If you develop PTSD you are ---% likely to develop depression.
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50
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name some symptoms of depression
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fatigue, depressed mood, early awakening insomnia.
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Trauma > PTSD > ---- Prior depression>trauma>----- +---- |
Depression
PTSD and depression |
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Prior depression might make you more likely to trauma exposure ....
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as you are seen as an easy target.
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Substance abuse might put you at greater risk of trauma because---
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the places you go to get the drugs put you at increased risk of trauma exposure.
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is there a causal link between PTSD and Depression?
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No, correlational studies, problems with what came first etc mean there is only a link.
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Breslau conducted a longitudinal study to examine the link between PTSD and depression. What were his major findings?
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that PTSD sufferers are 4 times more likely to develop depression.
that the key to who went on to develop PTSD was related to PTSD and NOT the trauma. That preexisting depression was a risk factor for PTSD development and trauma exposure. |
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What did Boudreaux find?
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that when all other things were controlled for, PTSD mediated the development of other psychopathology post-trauma.
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What are some of the methodological probs with trying to determine link between PTSD and depression?
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temporal sequence-what came first?
retrospective studies (no baselines) overlapping symptoms |
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Are PTSD sufferers at greater risk of developing anxiety disorders?
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yes, significantly higher - same for both men and women.
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What are panic attacks?
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Intense escalation of symptoms that occur quickly over a 10 min period. Shortness of breath, dizziness, choking, feeling faint etc. can be cued or uncued.
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How common are panic attacks during or after trauma?
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Very common 50-90% depending on the type of trauma.
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What did Nixon and Bryant find out in their study on panic attacks and ASD?
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that 100% of those who developed ASD and 47% of those who didn'thad had peritraumatic panic attack . However, 93% of the ASD sufferers went on to have recurrent attacks while only 7% of the non-ASD sufferers went on to suffer later panic attack.
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Which is worse - substance abuse or substance dependence?
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Dependence. it is a maladaptive pattern of substance abuse that lasts more than 12 months.
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what are some of the methodological issues which make studies of substance abuse/dependence and PTSD hard to compare?
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Mixed findings as they use the terms abuse and dependence interchangably or lump them together even though they are different problems.
Different substance will put you are greater/lesser risk than others ie cocaine as opposed to alcohol. |
