HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dsm-5, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
5 Oct 2016
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Mental health lecture 5: ocd, ptsd, and anxiety. Force to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. Ptsd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes. First known as shell shock (ww1), then combat fatigue (ww2) New to chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders in dsm-5. War experience, victims of violence, industrial accidents: likely candidates. To be diagnosed with ptsd something must have happened. Cannot occur simply due to exposure via television. To be diagnosed, a person (or a loved one) must have been exposed to a traumatic event. Person must feel as if the event is recurring. Can cause individual to feel detached or unreal, have d j vu or numbness to certain events. Person may experience both psychological and physiological distress if exposed to situation that may trigger the flashback. Person will avoid stimuli associated with traumatic event, i. e. thoughts or conversations that could lead to discussion of that event.
