HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dsm-5, Etiology, Combat Stress Reaction
19 Dec 2016
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Both ocd and ptsd belonged to anxiety disorders, sharing core features (anxious distress). Force us to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. Etiology (cause): ptsd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma, yet crucial differences exist. First shell shock , then combat fatigue after wwii. Are these all the same thing: the way that mental illness is expressed, conforms to that time. New to chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders in dsm-5. War experience, victims of violence, industrial accidents, likely candidates: rare dsm mention of etiology, has to be the result of a specific event, doesn"t develop overnight-sometimes months pass, cannot occur simply due to exposure via tv. After 9/11 spike in ptsd reports after they watched. Cnn reports: to be diagnosed, a person (or a loved one) must have been exposed to a traumatic event, involving actual or threatened death, or sexual assault.
