Trauma & Stress (Kids & Adults)
This disorder in preschool children involves inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behavior where the child rarely seeks comfort.
What is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)?
This specific subtype of amnesia involves sudden, unexpected travel away from home and an inability to recall one’s identity.
What is Dissociative Fugue?
The expression of psychological stress through physical symptoms that have no significant physical findings or medical diagnosis.
What is Somatization?
A disorder where the patient is unable to control aggressive impulses, leading to interpersonal or criminal difficulties in adults 18+
What is Intermittent Explosive Disorder?
This is the first-line medication class used to treat the intrusive thoughts, depression, and anxiety associated with PTSD.
What are SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)?
This 3-stage model is the standard implementation for treating both children and adults with PTSD.
What are: 1. Safety/Stabilization, 2. Arousal reduction, 3. Skills/Value development?
Elizabeth feels like she is "floating in a fog" and her body looks "wavy and out of focus." She is likely experiencing this.
What is Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder?
A patient who misinterprets normal physical sensations and is preoccupied with having a serious illness for at least 6 months.
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
Behavior in this disorder is abnormally aggressive; rights of others are violated and societal norms are disregarded.
What is Conduct Disorder?
This specific alpha-blocker is frequently prescribed to nursing patients to specifically target and reduce trauma-related nightmares.
What is Prazosin?
This condition occurs immediately after trauma, lasts at least 3 days, but must be diagnosed within one month of the event.
What is Acute Stress Disorder?
The presence of two or more distinct personality states that recurrently take control of a person's behavior.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
this disorder involves neurological symptoms (like paralysis or blindness) in the absence of a neurological diagnosis
What is Conversion Disorder?
These two specific "monomanias" are classified under Conduct Disorder: one involves fire-setting, the other involves stealing.
What are Pyromania and Kleptomania?
This is the first and most critical stage of the three-stage model for trauma intervention.
What is Safety and Stabilization?
A specialized advanced practice therapy for PTSD that uses eye movements to help process traumatic memories.
What is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)?
This is considered the primary, long-term goal of treatment for a patient with DID.
What is the integration of personalities into a single identity?
A term for a patient with Conversion Disorder who shows a lack of emotional concern about their dramatic physical symptoms.
What is "La belle indifférence"?
This is the #1 priority for a nurse to assess in any patient with an impulse control disorder.
What is Suicide Risk?
When a patient is in a dissociative state or a flashback, the nurse uses these sensory-based techniques (like naming 5 things they see) to bring them back to reality.
What are Grounding Techniques?
this adult disorder involves debilitating cognitive or emotional symptoms that develop in response to a specific stressful event, like a breakup or job loss.
What is Adjustment Disorder?
A biological etiology for dissociation, this theory involves how trauma dysregulates neural pathways for emotional regulation.
What is Polyvagal Theory?
The conscious fabrication of illness to achieve a secondary gain, such as insurance fraud or avoiding military service.
What is Malingering?
A specific advanced practice intervention for children that focuses on improving the interaction and management skills between parent and child.
What is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)?
In your self-assessment as a nurse, this is the negative belief that a patient is "choosing" not to get better, which must be overcome to provide ethical care.
What is a Countertransference or Negative Attitude?