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Autonomic and non-autonomic effects:
AUTONOMIC effects?: (6) |
Palpitations
Sweating Nausea/Vomvom Diarrhoea Dizziness Increase in urinary frequency |
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NON-AUTONOMIC effects: (7)
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Tension/tremor
Chest pain Fatiguability Short of breath/choking Headache Parastheaias (tingling) Hypersensitivity to stimuli |
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What is the Yerke's Dodson Law?
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The law dictates that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point. When levels of arousal become too high, performance decreases
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What are the stages of the General Adaption Syndrome?
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1. Alarm
2. Resistance 3. Exhaustion |
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What are Crowe's three umbrellas for anxiety disorders?
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Phobias = Agoraphobia, Social phobia, Specific
phobia Anxiety states = Panic disorder, Generalised anxiety disorder, Obsessive compulsive disorder Trauma-related = Post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety from medical condition, Substance induced anxiety |
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There a reduction in volume where in PTSD?
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Hippocampus (between 5 and 12%)
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PTSD in Vietnam veterans associated
with various __________ __________. |
PTSD in Vietnam veterans associated
with various MEDICAL DISEASES. |
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What is associated with the amount of combat?
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Cortisol levels.
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What degree of reduction is there in hippocampal volume in chronic PTSD?
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They noted that there was a 8%
reduction in hippocampal volume in the PTSD affected subjects as compared to the healthy controls |
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More recent reviews including the meta-analysis
of Smith (2005) indicate that on average PTSD sufferers had a____% smaller left hippocampal volume and a ____% smaller right hippocampal volume in comparison to controls. |
More recent reviews including the meta-analysis
of Smith (2005) indicate that on average PTSD sufferers had a 6.9% smaller left hippocampal volume and a 6.6% smaller right hippocampal volume in comparison to controls. |
