Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: _____ presents with a sudden onset of retrograde amnesia, a loss of personal identity, and minimal anterograde amnesia

Answer: Psychogenic amnesia

Flashcard 22: _____ therapy is a recommended psychotherapy modality for managing PTSD

Answer: Exposure

Flashcard 23: Adults are _____ likely to improve sooner than adolescents with adjustment disorder

Answer: more

Flashcard 24: Fragmentation of identity, depersonalization, and derealization are _____ dissociative symptoms

Answer: positive (positive/negative)

Flashcard 25: Amnesia is a _____ dissociative symptom

Answer: negative (positive/negative)

Flashcard 26: Depersonalization/derealisation disorder is often associated with a distorted sense of _____

Answer: time

Flashcard 27: A diagnosis of PTSD is made if these symptoms present _____ 1 month following the traumatic event

Answer: > 1 month (More than 1 month)

Extra: Symptoms must persist for **> 1 month** for a diagnosis of PTSD. If symptoms last between **3 days and 1 month**, the diagnosis is **Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)**.

Flashcard 28: When the trigger for an acute grief reaction is a special occasion, such as a holiday or birthday, the rekindled grief is called an _____

Answer: anniversary reaction

Flashcard 29: A temporary, marked alteration in state of consciousness or by loss of sense of personal identity without replacement by an alternate sense of identity, is called as _____

Answer: dissociative trance disorder

Flashcard 30: What is the best treatment modality for post-traumatic stress disorder?_____

Answer: trauma focused cognitive behaviour therapy