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development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor involving personal threat to physical integrity or physical integrity of others
-response is fear, hopelessness or horror |
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more than one month
-re-experiencing of traumatic event
-sustained high level of anxiety or arousal (hypervigilance)
-general numbing of responsiveness
-intrusive recollections or nightmeres
-flash backs |
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| PTSD sx when exposed to stimulus |
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-altered sleep patterns
-outbursts of anger
-difficulty concentrating
-paranoia
-exaggerated startle response |
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-depresion
-survivors guilt
-dysfunctional greif.
-substance abuse
-dissociation and amnesia
-compassion fatigue ??? |
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| what factors cause event to be traumatic? |
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-severity and duration of stressor
-extent of anticipatory preparation before onset
-exposure to death
-numbers affected by life threat
-amount of control over re-occurance
-location where trauma was experienced |
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| what personal factors influence PTSD |
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-degree of ego strength
-effectiveness of coping stratigies
-presence of preexisting psychopathology
-outcomes of previous stressors or traumas
-temperament of client
-developmental age
-demographics |
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-negative reinforcement: behavior leads to reduction in adverse event
-avoidance behavior and numbing |
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more likely to develop PTSD when event invalidates personal beliefs, incomprehensible
-hopelessness and helplessness results |
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previous trauma predisposes pt to PTSD and predisposes to future trauma because they are likely to reactivate behaviors related to original trauma
-dysregulation of opioid, glutamateric and serotonergic pathways |
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| related to distressing event that is considered outside the range of normal human experience |
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r/t loss of prior self perception or to actual or precieved losses during or after event
-event has changed you and you have lost things including personality |
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-integrate trauma into persona
-awareness of risk of self and others harm
-renew significant realtionships
-meaningful goals for the future
-finish grief process
-optimum hope for the future |
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SSRI, TCA, MAOI's, trazodone
anti anxiety (xanax)
anti hypertensives
ect |
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