PSY 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Adjustment Disorder, Sleep Deprivation, Natural Disaster

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 139
• Professor: Mark Serper

Document Summary

Maladaptive response to common stressor within 3 months of stressor. Symptoms disappear when stressor ends or person adapts. Definition: after experiencing a traumatic event, an emotional and psychological affect due to the event. Has to happen directly to the person or they have to be an eye witness to the traumatic event. Had to experience a horrific event or a close friend of relative died in a horrific way. An event where your life is on the line, going to war or being in a burning building or a car accident. Symptoms of intrusion: a reoccurring of the event over and over again, re- experiencing(nightmares, flashbacks, imagery) Symptoms of avoidance: avoid feelings, thoughts, or reminders of the event. Symptoms of negative cognition and negative mood: feeling detached from others, anger outbursts, survival guilt thoughts. Symptoms of arousal and reactivity: excessive startle respond, decreased arousal, sleep deprivation.