Mental Health and Psychology Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders

Question 1

According to DSM-5, PTSD requires exposure to a traumatic event involving:

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Actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence

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Any stressful life event

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Loss of a loved one only

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Chronic workplace stress

Question 2

What are the four symptom clusters of PTSD in DSM-5?

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Intrusion, avoidance, mood/cognition alterations, hyperarousal

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Depression, anxiety, dissociation, psychosis

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Flashbacks, nightmares, guilt, insomnia

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Avoidance, paranoia, emotional numbing, irritability

Question 3

Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) differs from PTSD primarily in its:

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Duration — ASD lasts 3 days to 1 month after trauma, PTSD lasts beyond 1 month

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Symptom severity

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Requiring hospitalization

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Absence of avoidance symptoms

Question 4

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD specifically targets:

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Unhelpful beliefs ('stuck points') about the trauma and its aftermath

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Trauma-related physiological arousal through relaxation

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The trauma narrative through prolonged imaginal exposure

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Social isolation by building interpersonal skills

Question 5

What is 'dissociation' as it relates to trauma?

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Disruption in normally integrated functions of consciousness, memory, or identity

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Inability to form new memories after trauma

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Deliberate avoidance of trauma reminders

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Physical symptoms caused by psychological stress

Question 6

Complex PTSD (not a separate DSM-5 diagnosis but recognized in ICD-11) is associated with:

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Prolonged, repeated interpersonal trauma such as childhood abuse or captivity

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Single-incident traumas like car accidents

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Combat exposure only

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Medical trauma