Symptoms
Reliving trauma through flashbacks or nightmares.
What is re-experiencing?
PTSD can develop after exposure to these events.
What are traumatic events?
Therapy that involves talking about trauma with a trained professional.
What is talk therapy / psychotherapy?
About this percent of people in the U.S. will experience PTSD.
What is 7–8%?
PTSD is classified under this section in the DSM-5.
What is Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders?
Feeling emotionally numb or detached from others.
What is emotional numbing?
Serving in this role is a common PTSD risk factor.
What is a military service member / soldier?
Therapy that changes negative thought patterns.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
True or False: Women are more likely than men to develop PTSD.
What is true?
Symptoms must last this long after the trauma to diagnose PTSD.
What is more than 1 month?
Irritability, hypervigilance, and trouble sleeping.
What is hyperarousal?
Experiencing this type of abuse as a child can increase PTSD risk.
What is childhood abuse?
Therapy using gradual exposure to trauma to reduce fear.
What is exposure therapy?
PTSD can occur at any age, including this stage of life.
What is childhood, adolescence, or adulthood?
DSM-5 requires PTSD symptoms cause significant this.
What is distress?
Avoiding reminders of the trauma.
What is avoidance behavior?
Family history or differences in brain chemistry are this type of factor.
What are biological/genetic factors?
Medications sometimes used to manage PTSD symptoms.
What are antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications?
Untreated PTSD can lead to these related problems.
What are depression, substance abuse, or health issues?
The DSM-5 recognizes that PTSD can develop not only from directly experiencing trauma but also from doing what?
What is witnessing trauma or learning that it happened to someone close?
Negative beliefs about oneself or the world.
What is negative alterations in cognition and mood?
Experiencing multiple traumatic events is called this.
What is cumulative trauma?
Therapy focusing on mindfulness or relaxation techniques.
What is stress management therapy / mindfulness-based therapy?
Fraction of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans estimated to have PTSD.
What is 11–20%?
Symptom clusters include re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognition/mood, and this.
What is hyperarousal?