HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Shell Shock, Combat Stress Reaction

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1CC3
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Introduction: historically, 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. Etiology: what is the line between mental illness and mental wellness, ptsd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma, yet crucial differences may also exist. Post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) (cid:1688)shell shock(cid:1689) (cid:1688)combat fatigue(cid:1689) (cid:1688)ptsd(cid:1689) Four main symptom clusters: re-experiencing, person must feel as if the event is recurring, relieving experience, hallucinations, repetitive play, recurrent dreams, flashbacks: (cid:1688)dissociative(cid:1689) Might totally avoid social situations where conversation about the event is a possibility, or avoid situations that could trigger those thoughts: arousal, heightened awareness psychologically or physiologically, ptsd usually accompanied by increased arousal and anxiety generally. Person may have trouble sleeping, startle easily, and react excessively, angry outburst.