PSY 3171 Lecture 9: Lecture 9
26 Mar 2018
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is an broad anxiety disorder classi ed in the dsm-5. There is an anxiety component and a conditioning component. It often arises after a trauma like war, assault, natural disaster, death of a loved one, threatened serious injury, secondary exposure to (learning about) terrifying events. Intrusions: re-experiencing of the trauma (ie. ashbacks, intrusive emotions) Hyperarousal (ie. irritability, on constant alert for danger: symptoms of ptsd. Recollections of the event that are intrusive and out of control. Recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event. Sudden acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring. Intense psychological distress at exposure to things that symbolizes or resembles an aspect of the trauma, including anniversaries thereof. Physiological reactivity (intense reaction) when exposed to internal or external cues of the event (ie. nightmares, ashbacks, shaking, sweating: avoidance (at least three of the following): Efforts to avoid the thought or feelings associated with the trauma.
