Transcript Chapter 11

Chapter 11
PTSD, Community
Disasters, and Trauma
Response
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER
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Symptoms:
Recurring nightmares
reexperiencing the event
hypervigilance
Anxiety
sleeplessness
numbness
dissociation
TWO TYPES
• Acute Stress Disorder: Same symptoms
but only last 1 month
• Delayed: when situation not dealt with,
person uses defenses to cope so
symptoms subside until something triggers
an acute reaction
Precipitating Events
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Serving in Combat or Living in a War Zone
Suffering Personal or Family Victimization
Living Through a Natural Disaster
Surviving a Manmade Disaster`
Phases of community disaster
• Heroic phase
• Honeymoon phase
• Disillusionment phase
• Reconstruction phase
Interventions
• Allow denial in the beginning
• Eventually help clients channel floods of feelings
into productive avenues for growth
• Critical Incident and Debriefing: educate about
PTSD and help normalize the many symptoms
they will experience
• Empathy is essential
• EMDR:eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing