MH ATi chp 12, tramua and stressors related disorders

Module 3B

acute stress disorder

traumatic events causes anxiety, detachement, event for ay least 3 days but no longer than 1 month

post traunatic stress disorder PTSD

traumtic events, casues anxiety, detachemnt, longer than 1 month and can last for years

depresonlazation/derealzation disorder

tempoaray change in awareness, displaying depersonalzation, dereleazation or both

depresenzalation os person is observing ones own personality or body from a distance

dereleazation is the feeling that ooutside events are unreal or part of a dream or that objects appear larger or smaller than they shoudl

dissoxciative identiy disorder

more than one disticnt personlaity, with a stressful event precipating the change from one personlaity to another

ASD and PTSD findings

intrusive findings like meories, flashbacks, dreams about event, event is recuriing in the present

ASD and PTSD mood and cognitive alterations

anxeity/depressed, anger, decreased intrest in current activites, guilt, detachement from otehrs, inaility to experince postive experinces, anmesia

ASD and PTSD behvaiorla manifestaions

aggression, irrabilty, anger, hypervigilence with hightend strateled responses, inability to focus and concentrate, sleep distrubances, destructive behavior

depreseonalzation/derealization disorder CM

feeling detached from ones own body, feeling that ones personal envrionment is unreal

dissociative identity disorder CM

displays two or more separate personalities

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EDMR)

uses rapid eye movements during desensitization, mimic REM, multi phase process and used by trained therpaists

meds for trauma and stressor related

SSRI, SNRI, amitriplyine, phenlzine, mitrazpine, BB, prazosin, clonidine

dissoixative disorder meds

not prescribed unless specific findings infer needed intervention