A common method of avoiding extreme pain in traumatic circumstances is that of .
Psychic numbing
Positive alternate cognitions
placebo
Incorrect Avoidance
(Correct answer found Schupp p. 82)
When one has experienced a trauma that is violent, unspeakable, or horrific, it is natural to seek protection both from the of the
current event and potential of a similar event.
√ memories; harm
perpetrator; victim
violence; danger
harm; fear
Judith Herman reminds clinicians that children often re-enact the scenes of the traumatic event through repetitive actions, and this compulsion
is most visible with them through their .
Dreams
Anger
Regression
√ Play
Most children under 2 ½ years of age cannot traumatic events, yet they are indelibly encoded in .
Incorrect process; their body
visualize; their nervous
systems verbalize; memory
comprehend; their minds
(Correct answer found Schupp p. 9
is when survivors condemn themselves for living while others died.
√ Death guilt
Emotional repercussions
Death imprint
Death anxiety
A client doesn’t need to be diagnosed with PTSD to manifest symptoms that are part of the criteria.
√ DSM-5
DSM-IV
DSM-7.2
DSM-II
Avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness are the essence of Criterion of the DSM-5.
B
A
F
√C
van der Kolk found that , when administered at doses of 40mg or higher, was beneficial in civilian-related PTSD but
not combat-related PTSD.
fluvoxamine/Luvox
√ fluoxetine/Prozac
alprazolam/Xanax
citalopram/Celexa
Proposed nutritional therapeutic options in the treatment of PTSD include:
Incorrect Omega-3 Fatty
Acids multivitamins
melatonin
All the
, above
(Correct answer found Schupp pp. 118-119)