Exam 13: Maltreatment and Trauma-And Stressor-Related Disorders

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Living in dangerous neighborhoods is considered a/n ________ form of exposure while witnessing an assault is considered a/n ________ form of exposure.

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indirect;direct

Ten-year-old Samantha witnessed her mother being killed by her stepfather.Samantha is at risk for developing _________.

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posttraumatic stress disorder

Explain the concept of poly-victimization and how that helps in identifying children at risk for developing trauma-related disorders.

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-Experience of high levels of many types of victimization
-Four pathways
-Living in a dangerous community
-Living in a dangerous family
-Having a chaotic,multiproblem family environment
-Having emotional problems that increase risk-taking behaviors and compromise effective adaptation
-Helps in intervening early for those children who are experiencing these risk factors

The authors of this text would likely agree with which of the following statements regarding the role of stress in an individual's life?

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)is more likely to occur if a child experiences all of the following EXCEPT:

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The most effective intervention for victims of mass trauma includes all of the following EXCEPT promotion of:

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Describe and give examples in which children might be at risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder and one protective factor.

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Katherine was attending school five blocks away from the World Trade Center on September 11,2001.Since that time,she continues to have disturbing nightmares about planes,avoids going close to tall buildings,and talks a lot about the scary things happening in her life.Katherine may be suffering from:

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The ________ effect describes how parental responses to trauma may elicit,maintain,and exacerbate a child's anxiety.

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The type of maltreatment that has the most long-term and negative impact on a child is ________.

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Trauma-focused treatment often involves an exposure to the traumatic event known as _______ exposure.

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Identify and give examples of the different types of maltreatment.

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Based on what you've read in the text,develop a lobbying strategy to present to policy makers regarding key components of a supportive and effective mental health policy for the detection of maltreatment of children.

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Living in a dangerous neighborhood and chaotic home is identified as one of the four pathways to poly-victimization.

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Describe the ecological-transactional model of child maltreatment as it relates to the understanding of how and why parents mistreat their children.

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Describe the key components of effective treatments for children with trauma-related disorders.

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Mary's family has been identified as at-risk for neglecting Mary and her siblings.The family has been assigned a social worker who visits them weekly to model effective parenting strategies and connect them with community agencies.This is an example of prevention of maltreatment.

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The fact that individuals are more prone to a physical illness following a traumatic event may be due to allostatic overload.

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Discuss why adolescence is a particularly vulnerable time for the expression of stress and/or symptoms related to trauma.

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Describe how allostatis and allostatic load contribute to an individual's adaptation to stress.

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