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PSYC 3140 MAY 28, 2014 Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
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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
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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
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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
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Activity View selections of PTSD case study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6a3nNSonY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6a3nNSonY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyf1LeX2nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyf1LeX2nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqLKXmdDuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqLKXmdDuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOLhXmhkyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOLhXmhkyA
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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)
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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
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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
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