Trauma-Informed Care and PTSD Treatment Flashcards
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The DSM-5 diagnosis of Acute Stress Disorder requires that symptoms develop within how long after a traumatic event?
Answer: Within 3 days to 1 month
DSM-5 specifies that Acute Stress Disorder symptoms must develop within 3 days to 1 month of exposure to a traumatic event.
The concept of 'trauma-informed supervision' emphasizes which of the following for supervisees?
Answer: Creating a safe, empowering supervisory relationship that recognizes the impact of vicarious trauma
Trauma-informed supervision applies TIC principles to the supervisory relationship — creating safety, building trust, and addressing the impact of vicarious trauma on supervisees.
A trauma survivor reports feeling as though they are watching themselves from outside their body during sessions. This experience is most consistent with:
Answer: Depersonalization
Depersonalization involves feeling detached from one's own mental processes or body, as if observing oneself from outside. It is common in trauma survivors.
The Sanctuary Model of trauma-informed organizational care was developed to:
Answer: Create trauma-sensitive environments within organizations serving trauma survivors
The Sanctuary Model, developed by Sandra Bloom, is an evidence-supported framework for creating trauma-sensitive organizational cultures, not just individual treatment protocols.
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) was specifically developed to treat PTSD in which population?
Answer: Survivors of organized violence, war, and persecution in low-resource settings
NET was developed by Schauer, Neuner, and Elbert to treat PTSD in survivors of organized violence and war, particularly in low-resource settings globally.
According to van der Kolk's work on developmental trauma, the therapeutic relationship with complex trauma survivors must prioritize which element above all others?
Answer: Establishing felt safety and co-regulation before trauma processing
Van der Kolk and colleagues emphasize that felt safety and relational co-regulation are the essential preconditions for any trauma processing work with complex trauma survivors.