The three main sets of PTSD symptoms are 1) [blank], 2) hyper-arousal, and 3) avoidance.
What is "re-experiencing"?
100
In the video we watched in class, Edward, the man who appeared in Seattle one day who did not remember who he was, was suffering from this condition.
What is dissociative amnesia? (Or dissociative fugue)
100
According to the DSM-V, this is the minimum length of time for a major depressive episode.
What is two weeks?
100
These therapies are particularly useful for treating suicidal persons, as they help them to change negative thinking patterns and identify useful coping skills.
What are cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapy?
100
According to this CDC, this was the approximate number of completed suicides in the year 2011.
What is 38,000-39,000?
200
This is the maximum amount of time that post-trauma symptoms can last in a person with Acute Stress Disorder.
What is 1 month?
200
This is the last step of therapy for a person with DID, in which the therapist attempts to combine all the alters into one, unified personality.
What is "fusion" or "integration?"
200
This is a form of bipolar disorder in which the patient has recurring periods of hypomania (but never true mania) alternating with major depressive episodes.
What is "bipolar II disorder?"
200
Contrary to popular belief, doing *this* with a suicidal person is unlikely to make them act on their thoughts, and may actually help.
What is "asking them about suicide?"
200
Women have a higher suicide attempt rate, almost [this many] times higher than men.
What is "three times" higher?
300
This percentage of Acute Stress Disorder diagnoses eventually develop into PTSD.
What is 80%?
300
One view of DID suggests that persons are "rewarded" for developing alters that help them forget the trauma. According to behaviorists, being "rewarded" is part of the process of ____________.
What is "operant conditioning?"
300
Researchers believe that in bipolar disorder, a person's serotonin is low, but that *this* neurotransmitter is abnormally high.
What is norepinephrine?
300
This term, coined by Shneidman, refers to intolerable emotional pain experienced by suicidal persons.
What is "psychache?"
300
Researchers estimate that about *this many* college students complete suicide each year.
What is 1,100?
400
This controversial treatment for PTSD requires the patient to follow a moving object with their eyes, while discussing details of the event.
What is EMDR?
400
In this type of DID, the person has several "alters," and all of the alters are aware of each other.
What is "mutually cognizant?"
400
This confusing symptom of mania is notable for racing and incoherent thoughts, which may not be understandable to anyone other than the manic person.
What is "flight of ideas?"
400
According to Thomas Joiner's theory, one of the main factors that predicts a suicide attempt is a thwarted sense of [blank].
What is "belongingness?"
400
These *two* ethnic groups have the highest suicide rates in the US.
What are Native Americans and White Americans?
500
Studies suggest that at least [this many] rape survivors will develop Acute Stress Disorder within 12 days of their assault.
What is "over 90%?"
500
This is the rarest form of Dissociative Amnesia -- where the person forgets the trauma AND the forgetting continues into the future, such that they cannot make new memories.
What is "continuous" dissociative amnesia?
500
This is a common form of therapy for depression, that involves identifying and challenging distorted thinking patterns in the depressed patient.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (or CBT)?
500
This is the last step that a suicide crisis hotline counselor would make with a potentially suicidal caller, in which they help the caller come up with coping strategies and resources.
What is "creating a safety plan?"
500
This is the only state in the Eastern part of the country that has legalized physician-assisted suicide.