PSYC 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Virtual Reality Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Sympathetic Nervous System
11 Dec 2018
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Two pathways: sympathetic nervous system pathway, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal pathway. Pharmacotherapy - management of most acute anxiety (or comorbid depressive) symptoms. Prolonged exposure - aimed at extinction of emotional and physiological reactivity (edmr; virtual reality therapy) Cognitive processing therapy provides info about causes and symptoms encourages labeling of impact; thoughts and feelings promotes changes in beliefs, attributions regarding the traumatic event promotes self-regulation and coping skills. Exposure to terrorism explain the hpa pathway when we are faced by stressors, the hypothalamus signals the pituitary gland, which stimulates the adrenal cortex to release cortucosteroids (stress hormones) into the blood stream. Trauma: different from stress, very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes someone to have mental or emotional problems for a long time. Three stage model of recovery: absorbing the blow, giving meaning, establishing new assumptions, moving forward. Combat exposure is a risk factor for ptsd: veterans with higher levels of support report fewer symptoms.
