HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
14 Jan 2019
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Introduction: historically both ocd and ptsd belonged to anxiety disorders, sharing core features (anxious disorder, dsm-5 places each in new chapters, force us to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. Is it like a disease, does it have its own treatment. A metaphor: ptsd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma. (ww1) this has some parts of what we call ptsd right now: combat fatigue: refusing the continuing to fight, emotional disturbances. Cannot occur simply due to exposure via tv: four main symptom clusters: Ptsd: re-experiencing: person must feel as if the event is recurring. Relieving experience, hallucination, repetitive play and recurrent dreams: flashbacks: dissociative. Can cause individual to feel detached or unreal and have d j vu or numbness to events. Person may experience both psychological and physiological distress if exposed to situations that may trigger the flashback.
