PSY 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Traumatic Brain Injury, Acute Stress Reaction, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Trauma related and stressor related disorders 10/4. Ptsd overview: characterized by experiencing (1) a traumatic event and (2) symptoms that occur after the event. Ptsd criteria: exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence in one of the following ways: Witnessing in person, as it occurred to others. Learning that the event occurred to a family member or friend. Experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of the traumatic event: one or more intrusive symptoms. Feel/act as if the traumatic event is recurring. Distress at exposure to cues related to the traumatic event. Physiological reaction to such cues: persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with traumatic event. Avoidance of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings about traumatic event. Avoidance of external reminders that arouse distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings about the event (e. g. people, places, conversations, activities, objects, situations: negative alterations in cognitions and mood.
