Trauma and stress disorders Flashcards
(77 cards)
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What are the four major reactions to trauma?
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- Anxiety and fear
- Dysphoria and anhedonia
- Anger and aggression
- Dissociation
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What is reactive attachment disorder?
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- Pattern of inhibited and emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult caregivers, after a child has experience extreme of insufficient care
- Persistent social and emotional disturbance
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What causes reactive attachment disorder? (3)
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- Lack of emotional needs for comfort, stimulation, and affection
- Repeated changes in primary caregivers
- Living in settings with limited opportunities to form attachments with caregivers
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True or false: developmental delays commonly occur with reactive attachment disorders
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True
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What indicates a better prognosis with reactive attachment disorder? (2)
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With excellent caregiving environment following the neglect, and help received at an earlier age
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What is disinhibited social engagement disorder? What are the 4 characteristics of their behavior?
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- Child actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults, and exhibits 2+ of:
- Lack of reticence in approaching
- Overly familiar verbal or physical behavior
- Diminished checking with adult caregiver
- Willingness to go off with unfamiliar adult w/o hesitation
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What percent of severely neglected kids develop disinhibited social engagement?
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20%
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Which is more common: disinhibited social engagement disorder or reactive attachment disorder? Which has a worse prognosis?
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Disinhibited social engagement disorder x2
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At what age will disinhibited social engagement disorder not develop (assuming adequate care prior to that point)?
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If older than 2 years
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Which is an externalizing and which an internalizing response to a lack of appropriate care: disinhibited social engagement disorder and reactive attachment disorder?
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Internalizing = RAD Externalizing = DSED
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What is the treatment for RAD or DSED? (2)
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- Family therapy if appropriate
- Psychosocial interventions to address unmet basic needs
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What are the diagnostic criteria for PTSD, in terms of exposures (4)?
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Exposure to:
- Direct experience
- Direct witness it
- Learning event occurred to a close person
- Repeated personal exposure to aversive details of traumatic events
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What are the symptoms of PTSD? (5)
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- Recurrent intrusive memories, dreams or dissociated flashbacks
- Psychological distress with internal or external cues
- Physiological rxns to internal or external cues
- Avoidance of memories
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What are the five major categories of symptoms for PTSD?
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- exposure to actual or threatened death etc
- Intrusive symptoms
- Persistent avoidance
- Negative alterations in cognitions
- Alterations in arousal and reactivity
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What are the negative alterations in cognition and mood associated with PTSD? (6)
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- Unable to recall important aspects of trauma
- Exaggerated negative beliefs/expectations
- Distorted cognitions about cause or consequences
- Persistent negative emotional state
- Feelings of estrangement/detachment
- Inability to experience positive emotions
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What is the duration for PTSD to meet the diagnostic criteria?
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More than 1 month
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What are the two major dissociative symptoms with PTSD?
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- Depersonalization (you’re not human)
- Derealization (nothing is real)
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PTSD can occur at any age after what?
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1 year
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Symptoms of PTSD usually occur within what timeframe after the event?
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3 months, but can be years
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What are the risk factors for PTSD?
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- Severity/duration of trauma
- Prior exposure to trauma
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Is female or male sex a risk factor for the development of PTSD?
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Female
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Is lower or higher intelligence a risk factor for PTSD? Higher or lower income?
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Lower intelligence
Lower income
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What fraction of adults with PTSD will have remission within 12 months?
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1/2
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What is the treatment for PTSD in terms of trauma focused CBT? (3)
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Trauma focused CBT:
- anxiety management
- Confrontation of traumatic memories
- Reworking distorted cognitions
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What is the pharmacotherapy for PTSD?
- SSRIs/SNRIs
| - Prazosin (reduces dreams)
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What is the role of benzos in the treatment for PTSD?
Do not use
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What is the foundation for psychotherapy for PTSD?
Exposing people to the trauma in a therapeutic manner
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What is the MOA of prazosin? What is the use of treatment in PTSD?
- Alpha-1 antagonist
| - Reduces nightmares
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Within what timeframe is starting of treatment and early social support particularly effective in treating PTSD?
Within 3 months
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Is a high level of functioning pre-trauma a good or bad prognostic indicator for PTSD?
Good
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What is the central characteristic for complex PTSD?
Chronic trauma involving totalitarian control for an extended period of time (months to years)
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What are the cognitive effects of complex PTSD?
Intense preoccupation with the perpetrator (attachment to the perpetrator)
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What are the affected regulation problems with complex PTSD?
Persistent dysphoria--chronic suicidality
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What are the consciousness problems with complex PTSD?
Amnesia for trauma experience; transient dissociative episodes
-Feel crazy
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What are the self perception problems with complex PTSD?
Helplessness, shame and guilt
Defiled, stigmatized, an unlike other people
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What should never be done with complex PTSD?
Try to control them
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What is the appropriate approach to complex PTSD?
Gentle, and supportive
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What type of medical history is characteristic for complex PTSD?
A lot of various somatic complaints, with confusing presentations
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What is acute stress disorder?
Timeframe of anxiety within 1 month following event--more than 1 month = PTSD
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What are the general categories of acute stress disorder diagnostic criteria?
1. Intrusive symptoms
2. Negative mood
3. Dissociative symptoms
4. Avoidance
5. Arousal symptoms
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What is the timeframe in which acute stress disorder occurs in?
3 days after event to less than 1 month (more than 1 month is PTSD)
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What percent of people get acute stress disorder following exposure to trauma? When does it increase markedly?
Less than 20%
If done on purpose, much more prevalent
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What is the treatment for acute stress disorder?
Similar to PTSD--secondary prevention of PTSD
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What are the current goals with acute stress disorder?
Normalize symptoms and reactions, and facilitate positive coping strategies
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What are adjustment disorders?
Emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressors (but not significant trauma) occurring within 3 months of stressors onset
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What are the s/sx of adjustment disorder? (2)
- Distress is out of proportion to the severity or intensity
| - impairment in social work
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When is the timeframe for diagnosing adjustment disorder?
Must RESOLVE within 6 months
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What is the general prognosis with adjustment disorders?
Generally good
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What is the prevalence of adjustment disorders?
2-8%
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What is the role of support groups with adjustment disorders?
Helpful
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What is the treatment for adjustment disorder? (3)
Psychotherapy
- reduce the stressor
- improving healthy coping
- Optimize support
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How can you encourage resilience with adjustment disorders?
- Faith or spirituality
- humor
- Role models
- Social support
- Life's mission
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What are dissociative disorders? (BASK model)
Separation of:
- Behavior
- Affect
- Sensation
- Knowledge
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True or false: some amount of dissociation can be normal
True
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What is the stepwise examples of dissociation?
- Finding yourself dressed in clothes you don't remember putting on
- Feeling as though you are standing next to yourself, watching
- Looking in a mirror and not recognizing yourself
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What is dissociative identity disorder? (3)
- Disruption of identity--2 or more personality states involving discontinuity in sense of self and agency (split personality disorder)
- Gaps in recall of events
- Distress and/or impairment across one's life
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What must you always be certain of prior to diagnosing dissociative identity disorder?
Not a normal part of accepted cultural or religious practices
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What is dissociative personality disorder strongly associated with?
Child abuse
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True or false: auditory hallucinations is an exclusion criteria for dissociative personality disorder
False--common and may be confused with psychosis
Antipsychotics will not affect this however
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What is the usual female presentation of dissociative identity disorders? Males?
Females = dissociative states
Males = violent or criminal
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What is the usual cause of dissociative disorder?
Strongly associated with severe child abuse
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What are the 3 major s/sx of reactive attachment disorder?
- Minimal social/environmental responsiveness to others
- Limited positive affect
- Unexplained irritability/sadness/fearfulness
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How old must a child be to be diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder?
9 months, and began before 5
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What causes disinhibited social engagement disorder?
Lack of a consistent caregiver or not having emotional needs met
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What are the two major ways to distinguish between auditory hallucinations 2/2 dissociative personality disorder, and those from psychosis?
Psychosis = voices from outside, and will respond to antipsychotics
Dissociative personality disorder = voices from within, and will not response to antipsychotics
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What is the treatment for dissociative personality disorder?
- Standard PTSD treatment
| - Psychotherapy
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What is dissociative amnesia? What must be true for this to be diagnosed?
- Inability to recall important autobiographical info, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature
- is distressing
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What is the treatment for generalized amnesia?
Similar to DID
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What is depersonalization disorder?
Being an outside observer with respect to one's own thoughts or feelings
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What is derealization disorder?
Being outside observer with respect to surroundings
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True or false: In both derealization and depersonalization disorders, reality testing is not intact
False--is intact
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True or false: occasional feelings of derealization or depersonalization is common
True
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What is the mean age of onset of derealization or depersonalization disorder?
16
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What is the prevalence of of derealization or depersonalization disorder
1-2%
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Which gender is more affected with of derealization or depersonalization disorder?
Equal
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What is the common history prior to of derealization or depersonalization disorder?
Emotional abuse and neglect
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What is the treatment for of derealization or depersonalization disorder?
No controlled trials for psychotherapy are available
| Lamotrigine?
