Causes and Statistics
Symptoms and DSM-V
Treatments
Post-Traumatic Growth
Types of Anxiety Disorders
100
Do PTSD stress reactions get better or worse with time?
What is getting worse over time?
100
The number of types of PTSD symptoms
What is 4 types of PTSD symptoms?
100
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What are free points? :)
100
Post-Traumatic Growth
What is a positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event?
100
This disorder is characterized by persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things
What is generalized anxiety disorder? (https://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad)
200
The percent of women and men who develop PTSD
What is 10.4 percent of women and 5% of men?
200
PTSD symptoms last at least this long before the official diagnosis of PTSD
What is 4 weeks?
200
Increases levels of serotonin in the brain and makes people feel less sad and worried
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)?
200
Name the 5 types of changes one can experience during PTG
What are change in opportunities, change in relationships, change in strength, change in appreciation, and change in faith?
200
This disorder is characterized by sudden episodes of intense dread
What is panic disorder?
300
The percentage of Americans aged 18-54 who experience PTSD in a given year
What is 3.6%?
300
Explanation of Criterion C (avoidance)
What is avoidance of either thoughts and feelings or avoidance of external reminders?
300
Focus on hand movements and sounds while talking about traumatic event
What is Eye Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing (EMDR)?
300
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What are free points? :)
300
This disorder is characterized by an irrational fear of a specific object or situation
What are phobias?
400
Causes of PTSD (name at least 3)
What are military combat, childhood abuse, sexual abuse, natural disaster, terrorist attacks, and serious accidents?
400
Explanation of Criterion A (stressor)
What is exposure to death/injury/abuse through direct exposure, eye witness, or indirect exposure (ie this happening to a close friend or relative)?
400
A therapist helps understand how one thinks about the trauma by identifying the triggers, replacing the memories with more accurate or less distressful thoughts, and helps one to understand that it is not their fault
What is Cognitive Processing Therapy?
400
Survivors of this event experienced more PTG than PTSD
What is the Holocaust?
400
This disorder is characterized by a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and behaviors that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml)
500
Percentage of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who developed PTSD
What is 12-20% of Iraq War veterans and 6-11% of Afghanistan War veterans?
500
The two terms associated with Criterion H (exclusion)
What is depersonalization or derealization?
500
The therapist talks about the trauma repeatedly, helps the patient to not fear the triggers, and utilizes desensitization or "flooding" methods
What is Exposure Therapy?
500
Explain how child survivors who experience prolonged horror and torture could experience PTG instead of PTSD
What are coping mechanisms acquired from parents?
500
This disorder is characterized by a lasting stress reaction in response to a haunting event in which the stress doesn't disappear but rather worsens over time
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
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