PSYCH 270 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Borderline Personality Disorder, Methamphetamine, Interpersonal Psychotherapy
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Stressor: an external event or situation that places a physical or psychological demand on a person. Stress: the internal psychological or physiological response to a stressor. A specific stressor precedes the symptoms seen in ad and that person experiences an unusually intense reaction to the stressor. Trauma related disorders: acute stress disorder (asd) & post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) After exposure to traumatic incidents, there are four common outcomes: resilience, recovery, delayed symptoms, chronic symptoms. Acute stress disorder: disorder characterized by flashbacks, hyper-vigilance, and avoidance symptoms that last up to 1 month after exposure to a traumatic stressor. Diagnosis requires presence of at least 9 symptoms. Involves symptoms that persist for at least 3 days but no longer than 1 month after event. Post-traumatic stress disorder: disorder characterized by flashbacks, hyper-vigilance, avoidance, and other symptoms that last for more than 1 month and that occur as a result of exposure to extreme trauma.
