PSY 35000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Hypervigilance, Protective Factor

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 35000
• Professor: Daniel Foti

Document Summary

Ptsd symptoms: exposure to traumatic event, no clear ideological event normally, war/combat situations are typically the events that trigger ptsd, soldiers needed treatment, car accidents, re-experiencing (ex. Flashbacks: avoidance with anything in life (ex. Car accidents: negative changes in mood/thoughts and how they interact with others, reactivity/arousal, ready and prepared ( on edge ) for threat. *always wants to sit next to the exit, jumpy, hypervigilant in cases where there is no need. *common: for patients to have little/no memory of the traumatic event. Ptsd statistics: lifetime prevalence is 6. 8, precipitating event, most common: sexual assault, combat, physical assault, predictor: proximity, protective factor: social support following trauma, can be a predictor if there is no support, genetic relationship/effects on ptsd. Treatment: psychological, phobic object = traumatic memory. Look at what patients are avoiding (activities, people, events, etc. ) *patients can"t get help if they can not remember event. *everyone experiences events differently genetics, proximity, social support, etc.