01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction
19 Nov 2020
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Chapter 7: acute & posttraumatic stress disorders, dissociative disorders, and. Traumatic stress disorders, dissociative disorders, and somatoform disorders look different, but share an important similarity: dissociation the disruption of the normally integrated mental processes involved in memory, consciousness, identity, or perception. Traumatic stress disorders are the least controversial. Defined in the dsm-v as an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others and creates intense feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror. Occurs within four weeks after exposure to a traumatic stress and characterized by dissociative symptoms as well as: Re-experiencing, avoidance of reminders, and marked anxiety or arousal. Defined by symptoms of re-experiencing, avoidance, and arousal, but ptsd is either longer lasting or has a delayed onset. Symptoms are somewhat different and 9 are required for asd and 6 for ptsd. The defining symptoms of both acute and posttraumatic stress disorder include:
