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Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders. PSYC 3140 May 28, 2014. Stress and Stress-Responses. Stressors: rush-hour, college graduation, poor health, tornado Stress-response to perceived threatening stressor: Arousal Fear: (physical) muscle tension, heart racing (emotional) horror, panic

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Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

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  1. Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders PSYC 3140 May 28, 2014

  2. Stress and Stress-Responses • Stressors: • rush-hour, college graduation, poor health, tornado • Stress-response to perceived threatening stressor: • Arousal • Fear: • (physical) muscle tension, heart racing • (emotional) horror, panic • (cognitive) poor concentration, overestimation of threat

  3. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-5 Checklist • Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violation; exposure results from: • Direct experience • Witnessing the event in-person • Learning of the event occurring to a close loved one • First-hand repeated or indirect exposure to aversive details of event

  4. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-5 Checklist • One or more intrusive symptoms • Persistent avoidance of trauma-associated stimuli • Negative changes in cognitions and mood • Significant changes in arousal and reactivity • Significant distress and/or impairment; symptoms last more than 1 month

  5. Activity • View selections of PTSD case study • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6a3nNSonY • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyf1LeX2nU • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqLKXmdDuE • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOLhXmhkyA

  6. Activity • Small groups: • Identify symptoms demonstrated in the video clips • Brainstorm any additional PTSD-related symptoms displayed by Bruce Wayne/Batman (not shown in the clips)

  7. At-a-Glance PTSD Criteria • Exposure to traumatic event • Intrusions/re-experiencing • Avoid trauma-related stimuli • Cognition and mood changes • Arousal and reactivity changes • Impairing symptoms last > 1 month

  8. References American Psychiatric Association (2013). Posttraumatic stress disorder [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/PTSD%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Williams, S.T. (2012). ‘Holy PTSD, Batman!:’ An analysis of the psychiatric symptoms of Bruce Wayne. Academic Psychiatry, 36(3), 252-255. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.36.3.252

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