NSG-322 Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
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1. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Early exposure to stressful events can sensitize individuals to stress
later in their lives
2. Fight-or-Flight Response: Body prepares for situation that individual perceives as threat to survival
3. General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS): 3 Stages: 1. Alarm stage
2. Resistance stage
3. Exhaustion stage
4. Alarm stage: Initial, brief, adaptive response (fight or flight) starting with the eyes and ears sending informa-
tion to the brain's amygdala that starts to process emotional data and interprets the event as dangerous, subsequently
alerting the hypothalamus
5. Resistance stage: Defenses and energy are reduced. Stress can become chronic at this stage if not
addressed
6. Exhaustion stage: Happens when resisting the stressor is futile - cortisol remains elevated and individual
more vulnerable to stress related diseases
7. Distress: Negative draining energy that results in anxiety, depression, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness,
and fatigue.
8. Eustress: Normal physiological positive energy that motivates individuals and results in positive feelings and
purposeful movement
9. Non-pharmacologic stress interventions: Sleep, Aerobic Exercise, Reduction or Cessation of
Caffeine Intake, Music, Pets, Massage
10. Trauma-Related Disorders: -Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)
-Disinhibited social engagement disorder
(both specific to children)
11. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD): Consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn
behavior. Is unresponsive to caregiver efforts to offer comfort in distress
12. Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder: Does not have a normal fear of stranger. Seems
unconcerned by separation from primary caregiver
13. PTSD Epidemiology (in children): -Research has found more girls develop PTSD from childhood
trauma that boys.
-The main reasons in adolescents is sexual abuse (90% of cases), exposed to school shootings (77%) and see violence
in their communities (35%)
14. PTSD Comorbidities (in children): Phobias, somatic problems, impulse control problems, learning
and attention problems, behavioral and sleep problems, depression dissociation, and substance abuse
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ew54c2
1. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Early exposure to stressful events can sensitize individuals to stress
later in their lives
2. Fight-or-Flight Response: Body prepares for situation that individual perceives as threat to survival
3. General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS): 3 Stages: 1. Alarm stage
2. Resistance stage
3. Exhaustion stage
4. Alarm stage: Initial, brief, adaptive response (fight or flight) starting with the eyes and ears sending informa-
tion to the brain's amygdala that starts to process emotional data and interprets the event as dangerous, subsequently
alerting the hypothalamus
5. Resistance stage: Defenses and energy are reduced. Stress can become chronic at this stage if not
addressed
6. Exhaustion stage: Happens when resisting the stressor is futile - cortisol remains elevated and individual
more vulnerable to stress related diseases
7. Distress: Negative draining energy that results in anxiety, depression, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness,
and fatigue.
8. Eustress: Normal physiological positive energy that motivates individuals and results in positive feelings and
purposeful movement
9. Non-pharmacologic stress interventions: Sleep, Aerobic Exercise, Reduction or Cessation of
Caffeine Intake, Music, Pets, Massage
10. Trauma-Related Disorders: -Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)
-Disinhibited social engagement disorder
(both specific to children)
11. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD): Consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn
behavior. Is unresponsive to caregiver efforts to offer comfort in distress
12. Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder: Does not have a normal fear of stranger. Seems
unconcerned by separation from primary caregiver
13. PTSD Epidemiology (in children): -Research has found more girls develop PTSD from childhood
trauma that boys.
-The main reasons in adolescents is sexual abuse (90% of cases), exposed to school shootings (77%) and see violence
in their communities (35%)
14. PTSD Comorbidities (in children): Phobias, somatic problems, impulse control problems, learning
and attention problems, behavioral and sleep problems, depression dissociation, and substance abuse
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