HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Combat Stress Reaction
14 Oct 2016
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Introduction both ocd and ptsd belonged to anxiety disorders, sharing core feature (anxious distress). Dsm-5 places each in new chapters force us to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. Ptsd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes compulsions often follow trauma. Rst "shell shock," then "combat fatigue" after wwii. Ptsd - re-experiencing person must feel as if the event is recurring reliving experience, hallucinations, repetitive play, recurrent dreams. Ashbacks: dissociative can cause individual to feel detached or unreal, have "deja vu" or numbness to certain events person may have experience both psychological and physiological distress if exposed to situation that may trigger the ashback. Ptsd - avoidance and arousal person will avoid stimuli associated w traumatic event, i. e thoughts or conversations that could lead to discussion of that event. Might totally avoid social situations where conversation about the event is a possibility, or avoid situations that could trigger those thoughts.
