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Social support helps buffer

against stress and protects immune system
-people with a broad network of social relationships not only show greater resistance to fending off cold but live longer (immune system)

AFrican americans often face stressors such as

racism poverty violence overcrowded living conditions

Ethic identity is associated with percpetions..

of a better quality of life

African americans and other ethnic minorities who become alienated from their culture or ethnic identity may be more vulnerable to..

the effects of stress, which may lead to physical and mental health problems.

According to the DSM, the maladaptive reaction (of adjustment disorder) is characterized by

significant impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning or by states of emotional distress that exceed those normally induced by the stressor

Traumatic experiences can lead to the development of

traumatic stress disorders - which are characterized by maladaptive patterns of behavior in response to trauma that involve marked personal distress or significant impairment of functioning

Acute stress disorder (ASD)

a traumatic stress reaction in which the person shows a maladaptive pattern of behavior for a period of three days to one month following exposure to a traumatic event

Acute stress disorder people may feel they are..

in a daze or that the world seems dreamlike or unreal

Stronger or more persistent symptoms of dissociation (from acute stress disorder) around the time of the trauma is associated with ..

a greater likelihood of later development of PTSD

Common features of traumatic stress disorders

avoidance behavior
reexperiencing the trauma
emotional distress, negative thoughts, and impaired functioning
heightened arousal
emotional numbing

Factors predictive of PTSD in trauma survivors

degree of exposure to trauma
severity of the trauma

PTSD is similar to acute stress disorder but may persist ...

for months, years or even decades and may not develop until many months or even years after the traumatic event

Although exposure in war may be the types of trauma the public most strongly links to PTSD the most commonly associated with PTSD are ...

serious motor vehicle accidents

(theoretical perspective) the major conceptual understanding of PTSD derives from the

behavioral or learning perspective

(theoretical perspective) within a classical conditioning framework, traumatic experiences are unconditioned stimuli that become paired with neutral (conditioned stimuli such as..

sights, sounds, and even smells associated with the trauma (ex. battlefield or the neighborhood in which a person has been raped or assaulted)
anxiety becomes a conditioned response that is elicited by exposure to trauma related stimuli

Treatment approaches for PTSD- cognitive behavioral therapy

cognitive behavioral therapy has produced impressive results in treating PTSD
-repeated exposure to cues and emotions associated with the trauma.
-In CBT the person gradually reexperiences the anxiety associated with the traumatic event in a safe setting, thereby allowing extinction to take its course.

Treatment approaches (prolonged exposure def.)

-prolonged exposure: a person repeatedly reexperiences the traumatic event in imagination or in real life without seeking to escape from the anxiety
-antidepressant drugs may help reduce anxiety

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

involves eye tracking of a visual target while holding images of the traumatic experience in mind
-researchers lack a compelling theoretical model explaining why rapid eye movements would relieve symptoms of PTSD

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First part of ab psych

18 important questions on First part of ab psych

Social support helps buffer

AFrican americans often face stressors such as

Ethic identity is associated with percpetions..

African americans and other ethnic minorities who become alienated from their culture or ethnic identity may be more vulnerable to..

According to the DSM, the maladaptive reaction (of adjustment disorder) is characterized by

Traumatic experiences can lead to the development of

Acute stress disorder (ASD)

Acute stress disorder people may feel they are..

Stronger or more persistent symptoms of dissociation (from acute stress disorder) around the time of the trauma is associated with ..

Common features of traumatic stress disorders

Factors predictive of PTSD in trauma survivors

PTSD is similar to acute stress disorder but may persist ...

Although exposure in war may be the types of trauma the public most strongly links to PTSD the most commonly associated with PTSD are ...

(theoretical perspective) the major conceptual understanding of PTSD derives from the

(theoretical perspective) within a classical conditioning framework, traumatic experiences are unconditioned stimuli that become paired with neutral (conditioned stimuli such as..

Treatment approaches for PTSD- cognitive behavioral therapy

Treatment approaches (prolonged exposure def.)

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

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