KHA724 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Writing Therapy, Phosphorus Pentachloride, Cognitive Restructuring
19 Aug 2018
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Background: something traumatic or stressful must have happened, not everyone exposed to a trauma goes onto develop ptsd, if still in the trauma environment, cannot diagnose ptsd. Debate: over diagnosed, doubling up on symptoms, under diagnosed, because of the way diagnostic criteria are set up. Researchers in the area: trauma and complex trauma: janina fisher, colin ross. Critical incident stress debriefing- workplace trauma: former group therapy focus, doesn"t have to be on the same day, need time for brain to make sense of the experience, not effective, comparisons. I don"t meet the criterion: they may not be able to identify what the trauma was, now it is done externally to workplace and individually. Repeatedly re-living the event: nightmares, mental images, etc, flashbacks are different to rumination. Pervasive mood change: loss of interest, anger, down beat in their thinking. Hyperarousal symptoms: prepared for fight or flight response, irritability, excessive vigilance, concentration trouble, comes down to the physiology of trauma, sleep disturbances.
