PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 70: Debriefing, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dsm-5
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Emergency treatments vary widely, but all offer immediate support to victims after traumatic events. A single 1-5 hour group meeting within 3 days following a disaster. Group leaders offer assessment, education, and referrals. Cisd does not prevent future ptsd, and may be harmful. May invoke too much emotion too soon and be unnatural (w/ strangers) Not going through normal process (denial, etc. ) Clients engage with traumatic memories and stimuli, reliving the trauma until they habituate. Most efficacious treatment (for all types of traumas) Relive nightmares while awake, but rewrite the narrative as desired. Rapid back-and-forth eye movement while reliving images of trauma. Works only bc of exposure -- no special effect of eye movement. Ssris are helpful to treat the emotional and depressive symptoms of ptsd. Anti-anxiety medications are not effective for ptsd. Persistent, maladaptive disruptions in the integration of memory, consciousness, and/or identity. Losing memory, losing awareness of self or world, losing or changing identity.
