Psychology 3316F/G Lecture 1: lecture 1b defining and assessing psychological trauma

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3316F/G
• Professor: Paul Frewen

Document Summary

Ben ezra suggests first documented posttraumatic reactions was 4000 years ago narative of deal of a king with same symptoms of ptsd. E. g. , verbal sexual harassment; rosen (2004 2005) disparagingly referred to such cases as pretraumatic critiqued because the traumatic events that lead to ptsd are not non- ordinary -- they"re quite freqent. Event that created threat to life or physical integrity define traumatic events as those that only threaten life or cause physical harm this is the current definition applied in research and practice. An event that disrupts foundational beliefs about self and world call things a trauma that disturb our prior view points of the world/ourselves/other people. Events that change the direction of life; marking a point for statements of before and after the event changed the direction of our life. E. g. , verbal sexual harassment; rosen (2004 2005) disparagingly referred to such the event changed the direction of our life.