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PTSD night terrors are one of the symptoms that signify what?
What is the need for treatment
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If a person with PTSD threatens to commit suicide what do you do?
What is take away fire arms, remove pills, and anything that can harm themselves if they are stil acting up call the police and they can take them to a mental evaluation
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True or False: How intense the traumatic event was and how long it lasted is a factor in whether you get PTSD or not.
True
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How common is PTSD?
7% of Americans have or will be diagnosed in their lifetime.
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PTSD is similar to what other disorders?
What is anxiety disorders, acute stress and obsessive compulsive disorders.
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What are the 3 main categories of PTSD symptoms?
What is "Re-living" the event, Avoidence, and Arousal
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What are the 3 major categories of treatment for PTSD?
What is Exposure Therapy, Cognative behavioral therepy, and stress management while working with a psychotherepist.
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True or False: PTSD symptoms always occur right after the traumatic event.
False, PTSD can occur months or even years later as well.
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What 3 things help the healing process occur faster?
What is 1) Talk to others 2)Become knowledgable about your disorder 3) If you are perscribed medications give them time to work
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When is PTSD awerness month?
What is June
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What are specific symptoms of Avoidence?
What is feeling detached, emotional numbing, avoiding places & people
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What is the prognosis for people with PTSD?
The prognosis differs from person to person, some people can make a fast recovery to normal functioning, others continue with persistant, rollercoaster effects of PTSD
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True or False: Are there people who are more susceptable than others to PTSD?
True, Women are 2-3 times more likely than men to develop PTSD after a traumatic event
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What are 5 things DO NOT help for the healing process
1) Don't ignore what you are experiencing or push you feelings down 2) Don't run away from your fears 3) Don't keep the traumatic event to yourself( it will consume you) 4) DO NOT drink or drug to numb the pain 5) Dont forget that you are not the only one with this disorder so don't give up.
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What is the most commonly co-occuring disorder along with PTSD?
What is Depression
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What is the definition of increased arousal for someone with PTSD?
The person with PTSD might have symptoms like difficulty sleeping, irritability, hypervigilance and exaggerated startled response.
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What kind of therapy involves asking the PTSD patients to confront, in a safe way, the very situations, objects, people and memories they have attached to the trauma.
What is Exposure therepy
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True or False? One of the effective drugs for PTSD,(SSRI), is also used for depression
True
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How much time has to pass for the Acute stess disorder is upgraded to Acute PTSD?
What is If the symptoms occur over 4 weeks after the traumatic event.
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The affects of PTSD affect whom?
What is the sufferer, the family and freinds
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Re-experiencing symptoms include ways in which the person persistently re-lives the traumatic event. What are 2 symptoms?
What is intrusive memories (flash backs), distressing nightmares about the event
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What medication is helpful in the treatment of PTSD?
What is a type of drug known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor(SSRI)
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True or False: Clinicians do not know what to look for when diagnosing PTSD patients.
False, There are 3 main symptoms that clinicians look for when diagnosising patients, including re-experiencing symptoms, avoidance symptoms and increased arousal.
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What are the four types of PTSD?
What is Accute stress disorder, acute PTSD, delayed onset PTSD, Chronic PTSD
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What factors, along with experiencing a traumatic event, determines whether or not a person developes PTSD?
What is the severity, type and circumstanses of the traumatic event.