2: Response to trauma Flashcards

1
Q

What is a

a) centrifugal
b) centripetal

disaster?

A

a) People involved don’t know one another

b) People involved are in the same community

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2
Q

What is Type 1 trauma?

A

Single event, unexpected, life changing

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3
Q

What is Type 2 trauma?

A

Repetitive, ongoing trauma

e.g betrayal of trust in a caring relationship, being a hostage, ongoing abuse…

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4
Q

People who experience Type 2 trauma are more at risk of which psychiatric disorder?

A

Post-traumatic stress disorder

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5
Q

Patients admitted to ___ ___ may develop PTSD.

A

intensive care

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6
Q

Which groups in society are much more likely to be victims of major incidents?

A

Poor

Marginalised

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7
Q

Which psychiatric disorders may have a background of childhood trauma?

A

Depression

Bipolar disorder

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8
Q

How is childhood trauma addressed in patients with depression or bipolar disorder?

A

CBT

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9
Q

Why are anxiety and fear helpful in controlled episodes?

A

Promote survival

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10
Q

The freeze response to a distant threat is (voluntary / involuntary).

A

voluntary

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11
Q

What type of freeze response occurs in response to an inescapable threat?

A

Tonic immobility

Involuntary, associated with increased pain threshold, thought to increased survival

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12
Q

In which modern context may tonic immobility occur due to an inescapable threat?

A

Sexual assault

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13
Q

Where in the brain do instinctual freeze responses originate?

A

Brainstem

PAG, VTA

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14
Q

What is the emotional reaction to a traumatic event?

A

Intense fear, helplessness or horror

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15
Q

What is the official definition of a traumatic event?

A

Experience of threat of death or serious injury (self/others)

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16
Q

What is the primary cause of PTSD?

A

The traumatic event

17
Q

What are some normal responses to trauma?

A

Fear, numbness, hopelessness

Anger

Guilt

Avoidance behaviour

Hypervigilance