HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Combat Stress Reaction, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dsm-5
5 Nov 2016
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Historically, both sharing core feature (anxiety distress). Force to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. Etiology: ptsd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma, yet crucial differences may be expected . First known as shell shock , then combat fatigue after wwii: now known as ptsd. Are these the same thing: difficult to understand, society gets the mental illness it needs. New to chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders in dsm-5. To be diagnosed, a person (or a loved one) must have been exposed to a traumatic event. Person must feel as if the event is recurring: reliving experience, hallucinations, repetitive play recurrent dreams. Flashbacks: dissociative : disconnected from reality, can cause individual to feel detached or unreal, have d j vu" or numbness to certain events. Person may experience both psychological and physiological distress if exposed to situation that may trigger the flashback.
