Psychology 2042A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Anorexia Nervosa, Therapeutic Relationship, Cortisol

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2042A/B
• Professor: Jeff St. Pierre

Document Summary

Trauma intro: trauma- and stressor-related disorders is new category in dsm-5. Includes: acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd, reactive attachment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder. **note: all these findings are recent and have occurred during the past 20 years (connecting the trauma to the brain- whats going on in the brain and body) The strumbellas- spirits ("guns in my head and they won"t go, spirits in my head and they won"t go")- intrusive thoughts that just won"t go. Insecure attachments are implicated in a number of childhood disorders they are caring about their child. **make the link between these types of attachment and the types of dsm-5 disorders discussed below. It is so important to screen for post partum depression so that this does not happen. Instead of flashbacks and waking recall of the traumatic event, young children are likely to re-experience trauma in nightmares.