PSY-2212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hernia, Caffeine, Suicidal Ideation
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Exposure to death, threatened death, actual or threat of serious injury or sexual violence. Example: rape, combat, injury, cancer, sids death, domestic violence, sexual assault, natural disaster, gang violence. Treatment approach for ptsd and sexual paraphilia from childhood sexual abuse. Gender issues specific to adult males victimized as by males. Prevalalence from review of studies 2-31% total male pop has been sexually abused. Special populations: runaways, prostitutes, institutionalized children, impatient psychiatric populations, perpetrators. Males not supposed to be as affected as women. Gain understanding of conditioning process and how relates to current compulsive behaviors and coping. Recondition images and cognitions related to abuse with relaxation and feeling of emotional safety. Description of 1st abuse experience exposure and progress of therapy. Sexual abuse (ucs) = (ucrs) of anxiety, sexual pleasure, and gratification. Ucs stimulus generalization (homosexual cues; porn, hetero and homosexual; torture techniques) Treat ptsd anxiety through exposure and reframing of sexual abuse.
