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Psychopathology (University of South Africa)
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PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
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POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
QUESTION 1 (OCT/NOV 2011)
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ANSWER:
A). Firstly, a person must have been exposed to actual or threatened death,
serious injury, or sexual violence in one or more of the following ways: directly
experiencing the traumatic event(s); witnessing in person the event(s) as it
occurs to others; learning that the traumatic event(s) occurred to a close family
member or close friend; experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive
details of the traumatic event(s). (Not including electronic media for people who
don’t work in that profession).
Secondly, The trauma is relived through intrusive and distressing recollections of
the event, dissociative reactions such as flashbacks in which the individual feels
or acts as if the traumatic event(s) were recurring, nightmares relating to the
traumatic event(s), intense physiological reactivity or distress when exposed to
reminders of the event.
Thirdly, Persistence avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event(s),
beginning after traumatic event(s) occurred. People may withdraw emotionally
and may avoid anything that might remind them of the event(s).
Fourthly, Negative alterations in cognitions and mood associated with the
traumatic event(s), as evidence by two or more of the following : inability to
remember an important an important aspect of the traumatic event(s) (typically
due to dissociative amnesia and not to other factors such as head injury, alcohol
or drugs); persistent and exaggerated negative beliefs or expectations of oneself,
. The diagnosis of PTSD
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Exam questions and answers previous years 4802
Psychopathology (University of South Africa)
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PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Exam questions and answers
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POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
QUESTION 1 (OCT/NOV 2011)
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ANSWER:
A). Firstly, a person must have been exposed to actual or threatened death,
serious injury, or sexual violence in one or more of the following ways: directly
experiencing the traumatic event(s); witnessing in person the event(s) as it
occurs to others; learning that the traumatic event(s) occurred to a close family
member or close friend; experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive
details of the traumatic event(s). (Not including electronic media for people who
don’t work in that profession).
Secondly, The trauma is relived through intrusive and distressing recollections of
the event, dissociative reactions such as flashbacks in which the individual feels
or acts as if the traumatic event(s) were recurring, nightmares relating to the
traumatic event(s), intense physiological reactivity or distress when exposed to
reminders of the event.
Thirdly, Persistence avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event(s),
beginning after traumatic event(s) occurred. People may withdraw emotionally
and may avoid anything that might remind them of the event(s).
Fourthly, Negative alterations in cognitions and mood associated with the
traumatic event(s), as evidence by two or more of the following : inability to
remember an important an important aspect of the traumatic event(s) (typically
due to dissociative amnesia and not to other factors such as head injury, alcohol
or drugs); persistent and exaggerated negative beliefs or expectations of oneself,
. The diagnosis of PTSD
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