psyc 3140 may 28, 2014 trauma and stressor-related disorders
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PSYC 3140MAY 28, 2014
Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
Stress and Stress-Responses
Stressors: rush-hour, college graduation, poor health, tornado
Stress-response to perceived threatening stressor: Arousal Fear:
(physical) muscle tension, heart racing (emotional) horror, panic (cognitive) poor concentration, overestimation of threat
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-5 Checklist
1. Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violation; exposure results from:
Direct experience
Witnessing the event in-person
Learning of the event occurring to a close loved one
First-hand repeated or indirect exposure to aversive details of event
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-5 Checklist
2. One or more intrusive symptoms
3. Persistent avoidance of trauma-associated stimuli
4. Negative changes in cognitions and mood
5. Significant changes in arousal and reactivity
6. Significant distress and/or impairment; symptoms last more than 1 month
Activity
View selections of PTSD case study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6a3nNSonY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyf1LeX2nU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqLKXmdDuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOLhXmhkyA
Activity
Small groups:
Identify symptoms demonstrated in the video clips
Brainstorm any additional PTSD-related symptoms displayed by Bruce Wayne/Batman (not shown in the clips)
At-a-Glance PTSD Criteria
1. Exposure to traumatic event
2. Intrusions/re-experiencing
3. Avoid trauma-related stimuli
4. Cognition and mood changes
5. Arousal and reactivity changes
6. Impairing symptoms last > 1 month
References
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Posttraumatic
stress disorder [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from
http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/PTSD%20Fact
%20Sheet.pdf
Williams, S.T. (2012). ‘Holy PTSD, Batman!:’ An analysis of
the psychiatric symptoms of Bruce Wayne. Academic
Psychiatry, 36(3), 252-255. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.36.3.252