Dissociative Disorders Related to Trauma — Flashcards

What is the best treatment modality for post-traumatic stress disorder?_____

Amnesia is a _____ dissociative symptom

Depersonalization/derealisation disorder is often associated with a distorted sense of _____

Inability to recall all events occurring during a circumscribed period of time in dissociative amnesia is called as _____ amnesia

Inability to recall successive events as they occur in dissociative amnesia is called as _____ amnesia

Depersonalization/derealisation disorder is often associated with emotional and physical _____

_____, is characterised by widely ataxic gait and jerky truncal movements, and associated with conversion disorder

The symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be remembered with the mnemonic "DREAMS": - D_____ - Re-experience (intrusive) of event, Reckless behavior - Event preceding symptoms - Avoidance of associated stimuli, Angry outbursts - Month or more of symptoms - Sympathetic arousal (Hypervigilance), Sleep disturbance

First-line treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) includes _____ + SSRIs or venlafaxine

_____ disorder is characterized by symptoms of PTSD that last between 3 days and 1 month (duration)