PSYC 4321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Agoraphobia, Classical Conditioning, Stress Management
25 Feb 2017
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Set of physical and psychological responses that help us fight a threat or flee from it. Directly experience or witness the traumatic event. Learn that the event happened to someone they are close to. Experience repeated or extreme exposure to the details of a traumatic event. Persistent avoidance of situations, thoughts, or memories associated with the trauma. Negative changes in thought and mood associated with the event. Ptsd with prominent dissociative symptoms: result of dissociation. Dissociation - different facets of sense of self or consciousness become disconnected from one another. Acute stress disorder: occurs in response to traumas similar to those involved in ptsd. Diagnosed when symptoms arise within 1 month of exposure to the stressor and last no longer than 4 weeks. Adjustment disorder: emotional and behavioral symptoms arise within three weeks. Severity and duration, i(cid:374)dividual"s pro(cid:454)i(cid:373)it(cid:455) to trau(cid:373)a a(cid:374)d a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t of so(cid:272)ial support available. African americans have higher rates of ptsd.
