Microlectures - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
13 important questions on Microlectures - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
What are the natural reactions after a traumatic event?
What are the changes in the diagnosis of PTSD between DSM-IV and DSM-V?
2. Changes as part of the subjective criteria in the A-criteria have been left out of the DSM-V
3. There are now four classes of symptoms instead of 3
4. Can now also be diagnosed of a person has not directly experienced the traumatic event themselved
5. There are two specifiers (delayed onset (after 6 months) and dissociative symptoms (depersonalization))
What is the prevalence in children and adolescents?
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What are the different classes of symptoms? (4)
2. Avoidance
3. Change in affect or cognitions (new)
4. Change in arousal
What are the vulnerability and risk factors for developing PTSD? (6)
2. Personality traits
3. Psychopathology in general
4. Lack of social support
5. Ongoing stress
6. Biological vulnerability
What are important differential diagnostics for PTSD? (4)
2. Agoraphobia/anxiety disorders
3. OCD
4. Pathological grief
(Often depression as comorbidity)
What are the main discussion points about PTSD vs. complex PTSD as a diagnosis? (3)
2. Mentioned in ICD, but not in the DSM-V
3. Discussion about the stabilization phase for the treatment of C-PTSD (therapy might be the best stabilizer and wanting to stabilize can be seen as a form of avoidance)
When would C-PTSD develop?
What are the stages for treatment for PTSD? (3)
2. Reprocessing
3. Reconnecting to the world
What is important information to give to clients so that they don't blame themselves?
What are the main treatments for PTSD? (4)
2. CBT exposure approach
3. EMDR
4. Increased evidence for narrative therapy
How can the CBT exposure approach be described?
What is the current theory on how EMDR works?
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