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PTSD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PTSD critera A | Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, sexual violence in one or more ways following |
| PTSD Criteria A 1 | Directly experiencing traumatic event |
| PTSD Criteria A 2 | Witnessing in person the events happing to someone else |
| PTSD Criteria A 3 | learning that a traumatic event happened to a close friend or family |
| PTSD Criteria A 4 | experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of the traumatic event (first responders collecting human remains, police officers repeatedly exposed details of child abuse.) |
| PTSD Criteria B | one or more of the following intrusion symptoms associated with the event beginning after the traumatic event occurred |
| PTSD Criteria B 1 | Recurrent, involuntary, distressing memories of the traumatic event. |
| PTSD Criteria B 2 | recurrent distressing dreams/nightmares related to the traumatic event |
| PTSD Criteria B 3 | dissociative reactions (flashback) in which some feels or act as if the traumatic event |
| PTSD Criteria B 4 | intense or prolonged psychological distress at exposure to internal or external cues (that triggers them and remind them of the event) Internal: thoughts you have) external: (place ppl) |
| PTSD Criteria B 5 | Marked physiological reaction to internal and external cues |
| PTSD Criteria C | avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic events beginning after the traumatic event have to have one or both of the following |
| PTSD Criteria C 1 | avoidance of or efforts to avoid distressing memories thoughts feelings about closely associated with the traumatic event. |
| PTSD Criteria C 2 | avoidance of or efforts to avoid external reminders (ppl,place and conversations activates object and situations) |
| PTSD Criteria D | Negative alterations in cognitions and mood associated with the traumatic event beginning or worsening after the traumatic event |
| PTSD Criteria D 1 | inability to remembered important expects of the traumatic event. |
| PTSD Criteria D 2 | Persistent and exaggerated negative belief or expectation of oneself others or the world (i am bad, i don't trust others and the world is dangers) |
| PTSD Criteria D 3 | persistent distorted cognitions about the cause of consequence of the traumatic events that leads to them blame themselves or others. |
| PTSD Criteria D 4 | persistent negative emotions (fear,gult,shame,horror) |
| PTSD Criteria D 5 | markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activities |
| PTSD Criteria D 6 | feelings of detachment or estrangement from others |
| PTSD Criteria D 7 | persistent inability to experiences positive emotions (inability to experience happiness or loving feelings) |
| PTSD Criteria E | marked alterations in arousal and reactivity associated with the traumatic event beginning or worsening after the traumatic |
| PTSD Criteria E 1 | angry outburst irritable behavior typically express as verbal or physical aggression toward ppl or objects |
| PTSD Criteria E 2 | reckless or self-destructive behavior |
| PTSD Criteria E3 | Hypervigilance |
| PTSD Criteria E 4 | Startle response |
| PTSD criteria E 5 | problems with constriction |
| Ptsd criteria E 6 | sieep disturbance (difficulty falling sleep ,waking up |
| PTSD Criteria f | meet A B C D E criteria is more than 1 month |
| PTSD Criteria G | the disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social occupational or other important areas of function |
| PTSD Criteria H | the disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance medication alcohol or other medical conditions |