PSYC2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hypervigilance, Dsm-5
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Person is exposed to death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury or ac. If actual or threatened death, must have been violent or accidental. Repeated or extreme indirect exposure to aversive details of the events usually i. Dsm-iii (1980) - conceptualized as an anxiety disorder. Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence. Persistent avoidance of internal or external stimuli associated with the trauma (1 or m. Negative alterations in cognition or mood (2 or more) Persistent negative beliefs and expectations about self and world ( i am bad , t. Alterations in arousal or reactivity (2 or more) Hypervigilance or actual or threatened sexual violence ally in the context r more) Some traumas are associated with even higher rates of ptsd. In initial weeks, most people suffer trauma-related symptoms. However, for most people, these reduce with time. Transient stress after trauma is normal and understandable it only becomes a disord.
