Dsm V Tina Case Summary

According to the DSM-V, Tina’s case meets the criteria of PTSD: 1) exposure to threats of death and sexual violence - through direct exposure, witnessing the event and repeated exposure; 2) intrusion symptoms - there was a distinct mark of physiological reactivity post-exposure trauma to stimuli, involuntary recollections of trauma expressed by constantly putting her guards up, and intensely prolonged distress post-exposure; 3) Persistent avoidance of distressing trauma-related stimuli – Tina had constant external reminders of trauma by the pure vision of older men; 4) Negative alterations in cognitions and mood post-trauma - Persistent negative trauma-related emotions, Persistent and distorted negative beliefs and expectations about the world …show more content…
Leon, on the other hand, does not meet the PTSD criteria from DSM-V, however, Dr. Perry confirms his diagnosis to have attention-deficit disorder and conduct disorder. Based on her findings on the children of Chowchilla, Lenore Terr, an adolescent and adult pediatric/psychiatrist, identified the most common emotions experienced by children who are traumatized: terror, rage, numbing, unresolved grief and guilt. To review Leon’s case, he was subdued to rage; a case where he acted aggressively and angrily over not being protected or rescued, others hurting him, manifesting his passive aggressiveness and vulnerability to victimization, intermittent bouts of explosive rage in response to relatively minor frustrations, and displacing anger that they have towards at someone who is not the perpetrator (Mathewson). While being aware of Terr’s outline of rage, there is a proximity effect of behavior in terms of Tina and her perpetrator, where she identifies her behavior towards men in a sexual and aggressive way to that of the abuser (when he used aggression and physical violence to be sexually