PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Major Depressive Episode, Psychogenic Amnesia, Acute Stress Reaction
2 Mar 2016
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Recurrent, involuntary, and intrusive distressing memories of the trauma. Dissociative reactions (flashbacks) in which the individual feels or acts as if the trauma is recurring. Intense or prolonged distress, psychological or physiological, in response to cues: negative mood symptoms, dissociative symptoms. Altered sense of the reality of one"s surroundings or oneself. Inability to remember an important aspect of the trauma (dissociative amnesia: avoidance symptoms. Efforts to avoid distressing memories, thoughts, and feelings associated with the event. Efforts to avoid external reminders that arouse distressing memories/feelings: arousal symptoms. Post-traumatic stress disorder: exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violation. Duration of disturbance is more than 1 month. Disturbance causes clinically significant distress or social/occupational impairment. Symptoms: presence of 1 or more intrusion symptoms (see above, persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the even (see above symptoms, negative alterations in cognitions & mood associated with trauma, evidenced by at least two of the following:
