Nayeli Ayala psychology Periods 1. Definition of PTSD An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories nightmares social withdrawal jumpy anxiety.

Nayeli Ayalapsychology Periods 1

Definition of PTSD•A

n anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories nightmares social withdrawal jumpy anxiety and or insomnia that lingers for four week or more often a traumatic experiences.

-This disorder comes from memories that people feel they have been hunted by, this can often become a disorder that makes the person feel deviant, distressful, dysfunctional

Associated features of PTSD •T

he people that have this disorder they feel like that they are going through their experiences again even though their not.

-They have dreams; flashbacks

-Intense fear helplessness; horror

-Difficulties to sleep

-Depression -Startled by

minor noises •S

ymptoms-Stress -Anxiety -Relatively

normal functioning within days or week -Diagnosed If

symptoms are persist for a month

DSM-IV-TR •

A: Stressor

Question about their experiences and what event made them get stress

Ex: The person has experienced, witnessed or been confronted with an event that involved actual or threatened to the physical integrity of oneself or others

•B: intrusive recollection

In what way does the traumatic event is re-experience, dreams flashback; seeing images that remind you of the event that traumatized the person

•C: Avoidant numbing

if they avoid to go to some places because if it reminds them of what happen to them

•D: hyper-arousal

Cont...DMS-IV-TR •E

: Duration •A

sked questions about the person sleep and concentration, outburst of anger, and exaggerated startle response

F: Functional significance

Questions about how long has the symptoms have been occurring if they been for at least six months

Etiology •T

he cause of this disorder is a horrible experience that they went through. They begin to feel stressed and cant continue with their normal life.

•The main reasons that people get this disorder is being through a bad an traumatic experience

ex: rape, threatened, victim of torture, witness and accident, exposure to a war, or other form of abuse

Prevalence •T

his disorder occurs to 8% of the U.S population •V

eterans of the Iraq war are usually diagnosed with PTSD •3

.6%of adult American can develop PTSD •P

TSD can be developed at any age •P

TSD is more likely to develop PTSD then men

maybe because women are more likely to go through domestic violence, abuse, and rape.

Treatment •T

o treat PTSD their therapy and medication that can be used

-medication used are

antidepressants: Doxepin, Elavil

tranquilizers: Ativan

mood stabilizers: Depakote,

-Therapy (psychotherapy)

helps the person learn how to manage the disorder

•Cognitive behavioral therapy • To help recognize and change their thoughts pattern that led to trouble the persons

emotions

Cont...Treatment•T

herapy

-psychodynamic therapy

Helps the person examine personal values, and emotional traumatic caused by the event

-group therapy

May help the person express their fear and thoughts with people with who experienced the same traumatic event

Prognosis •A

n out come that can happen in some situations is being in denial/intrusion phase, this can complicate the disorder a bit more because the person will not accept what they went through and will be harder to get them recover from what happen to them.

•They recovery of PTSD takes a long time and is an on going process. The person will continue taking medication and going to therapy.

Discussion Question •D

o we find the treatment used for this disorder effective, if we didn’t what other ways we can treat it?

References -American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (Revised 4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

-Halgrin, R.P,& Whit bouren, S.K.(2005).Abnormal psychology: clinical perspective on psychological disorder. 4th edition. New York; McGraw-Hill.

-Myers, D,G.(2011).Myers psychology for ap. New York; NY. Worth publisher.

-WebMD.(2005).post traumatic stress disorder. Retrieve from http:// www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/post-traumatic-stress- disorder