HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
22 Nov 2016
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Historically, both ocd and ptsd belonged to anxiety disorder, sharing core feature (anxious distress). Force us to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. Etiology: pstd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma. First (cid:498)shell shock(cid:499), then (cid:498)combat fatigue(cid:499) after wwii. New to chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders in dsm-5. To be diagnosed, a person (or loved one) must have been exposed to a traumatic event, involving actually or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violation. Person must feel as if the event us recurring: reliving experience, hallucinations, repetitive play, recurrent dreams, flashback: (cid:498)dissociative(cid:499) Can cause individual to feel detached or unreal, have (cid:498)d j vu(cid:499: person may experience both psychological and physiological distress or numbness to certain events if exposed to situation that may trigger the flashback. Ptsd usually accompanied by increased arousal and anxiety generally. Person may have trouble sleeping, startle easily and react excessively, angry outbursts.
