Trauma and Related Disorders Flashcards
(13 cards)
What Trauma related disorders do we be talkin about in the class
- PTSD
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Adjustment Disorders
PTSD Diagnostic Criteria
(A): Event Exposure via 1+ of:
1. Experience
2. Witnessing
3. Learning smth happened to someone close
4. Repeated exposure to details of a traumatic event (e.g first-responders and police officers)
(B): Intrusion symptoms being 1+ of:
1. Intrusive memories
2. Dreams
3. Flashbacks
4. Distress in response to cues
5. Physiological reaction in response to cues
(C): Avoidance by 1+ of:
1. Avoiding memories, thoughts, or feelings
2. Avoiding cues
(D): Negative cognitions and mood shown by 2+ of:
1. Impaired memory
2. Negative beliefs about the world
3. Distorted thinking that leads to the individual to blame themself
4. Persistent negative emotional state
5. Diminished interest in activities
6. Feelings of detachment from others
7. Ahedonia
(E): Alterations in reactivity shown by 2+ of:
1. Irritability
2. Recklessness
3. Hypervigilance
4. Startle response
5. Distraction
6. Sleep disturbance
(F): More than 1 month
(G): Causes Distress
(H): Not attributable to smth else
Specify dissociative symptoms
Specify delayed expression
What is moral injury
Cognitive dissonance where someone’s moral beliefs are shattered by their own or others actions
Acute Stress Disorder Criteria
(A): Exposure (See PTSD Crit A)
(B): 9+ of the symptoms across the categories of intrusion, negative mood, dissociation, avoidance, and arousal
(C): 3 days to 1 month after exposure
(D): Causes distress
(E): Not attributable to smth else
What is the course of PTSD?
Most people dont show symptoms after the event, and those that do are likely to recover, but a significant amount is still chronic.
PTSD Epidemiology
Minorities more, women more(20-30% rather than 8-13% after exposure), women more sexual, men more violent.
PTSD Risk Factors
Pre-event, peri-event, post-event
Cognitive Behavioural Model of PTSD
Predisposing factors affect TRAUMA and trauma memory and negative mood caused by trauma which result in current threats (intrusions etc) and dysfunctional strategies
PTSD Treatment
Promotes emotional engagement -> modifying erroneous cognitions -> modifying associated distress
Complex PTSD
Not in the DSM but is basically just PTSD that is not solely triggered by event-related stuff u just get kinda fkd in general
Adjustment Disorder Criteria
(A): Development of emotional/behavioural symptoms in response to stressors within 3 months of the onset of stressors
(B): Causes distress or impairs functioning
(C): Does not meet criteria of another disorder
(D): Not normal bereavement
(E): Once the stressors terminated the emotions/behaviours go away within 6 months
Adjustment Disorder Specifiers
- Depressed Mood
- Anxiety
- Mix of the two
- Disturbance of conduct
- Mix of emotions and conduct
- Unspecified
THE CORE SYMPTOM IS PREOCCUPATION
Adjustment Disorder Epidemiology
- Quite common
- Cancer recurrnce patients
- But we don’t know much this disorder is kinda goofy
