PTSD Symptoms
What is an example of a dissociative reaction?
flashbacks
A military veteran reports having been the sole survivor of a helicopter crash 7 days ago. He is reporting intrusive memories, distressing dreams, avoidance, sleep disturbances, hypervigilance, agitation, exaggerated startle response, and subjective sense of numbing. What is the diagnosis?
Acute Stress Disorder
What is PTSD?
What is CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the relationships among thoughts, feelings and behaviors; targets current problems and symptoms; and focuses on changing patterns of behaviors, thoughts and feelings that lead to difficulties in functioning
What is an example of intrusion symptoms?
Recurrent, involuntary and intrusive
* Memories of traumatic event
* Dreams of traumatic event
A consistent pattern of inhibited and emotionally withdrawn behavior. The child rarely seeks comfort or responds to comfort with adult caregivers when distressed
What is reactive attachment disorder
What does PTSD Stand for?
Post traumatic stress disorder
What is CPT?
Cognitive Processing Therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy that helps patients learn how to modify and challenge unhelpful beliefs related to the trauma.
What is an example of negative alterations in Cognition?
* Increased frequencies of negative emotions (fear, shame, guilt, confusion)
*Socially withdrawn
Children who demonstrate no normal fear of strangers and are unfazed when separated from primary caregiver
Disinhibited Engagement Disorder
Can PTSD be a diagnosis for someone under 6 years old?
Yes
What is group therapy?
A form psychotherapy where more than two people meet to describe and discuss their problem together under the supervision of a therapist.
What is depersonalization?
A milder form of ASD and PTSD - precipitated by a stressful event, but not usually as severe. Within 3 months of exposure
Adjustment Disorder
PTSD can't be diagnosed without a ______
traumatic or stressful event
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy - encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.
What is derealization?
The world around the individual is experienced as unreal, dreamlike, distant or distorted.
A disorder highly associated with severe sexual, physical, or psychological trauma that results in the presence of two or more distinct personality states.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
What gender is PTSD more prevalent across the lifespan?
Women
What is the most common drug used prescribed for PTSD
Prazosin