Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is associated with the over activity of _____ in the brain

Answer: amygdala

Flashcard 32: Risk of _____ and substance abuse are found higher in patients with chronic adjustment disorder with depressive symptoms

Answer: suicide

Flashcard 33: Depersonalization and derealization are what category of symptoms that commonly occur after a life-threatening trauma?

Answer: Dissociative symptoms

Extra: In DSM-5, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) includes a **dissociative specifier** for individuals who meet the diagnostic criteria and also experience persistent or recurrent symptoms of depersonalization or derealization.

Flashcard 34: Inability to recall all events occurring during a circumscribed period of time in dissociative amnesia is called as _____ amnesia

Answer: localized

Flashcard 35: Depersonalization/derealisation disorder is often associated with emotional and physical _____

Answer: numbing

Flashcard 36: Transient _____ hallucinations related to the deceased person, may occur as a part of normal grief reaction

Answer: auditory

Flashcard 37: Death of a _____ is considered the most significant life event, when measuring stress psychologically

Answer: spouse

Flashcard 38: The model of stress developed by Hans Selye is called the _____

Answer: general adaptation syndrome

Flashcard 39: Ability to remember some, but not all, of the events occurring during a circumscribed period of time in dissociative amnesia is called as _____ amnesia

Answer: selective

Flashcard 40: Post-traumatic stress disorder is classified under _____ disorder according to DSM-5.

Answer: trauma and stressor-related