Exam 6: Disorders of Trauma and Stress

A local psychologist accompanies APA and Red Cross personnel to help firefighters deal with the stress they experience shortly after a disastrous fire. The psychologist is providing _____.

Which war-related experience does not seem to increase the risk of a stress reaction?

A person with posttraumatic stress disorder who is having "flashbacks" is:

_____ are the "quiet observers" in someone with dissociative identity disorder.

The part of the body that releases hormones into the bloodstream is the _____ system.

A flash flood hits a small Appalachian community. Those providing critical incident stress debriefing intervention would:

These days, many people experience disasters secondhand through the media. For example, online and TV sources recently aired graphic coverage of severe earthquakes, which killed hundreds and made thousands homeless in Turkey. Studies show that watching coverage of disasters:

If I suffer from depersonalization disorder, but the symptoms disappear after a while, they most likely will reappear if I:

The gland that produces a hormone that is involved in the reaction to fearful and stressful situations is the:

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of _____ therapy.

If a person's mental functioning or body feels unreal or foreign, the person is MOST likely suffering from:

The portion of the nervous system that is responsible for changes in response to fear and arousal is the _____.

How do results from evoked potential studies support the idea of the existence of multiple personalities?

The usual goal of therapy for dissociative identity disorders is to:

In the United States, the number of diagnosed cases per year of dissociative identity disorder:

The first step in treating people with dissociative identity disorder is to:

Based on recent research, it can be concluded that the impact of repeated combat deployments:

Define debriefing and discuss the research on the effectiveness of debriefing.

Just before 8 A.M. (when my first class meets), my young daughter did something that annoyed me as I was about to leave home for the short drive to campus. "Katie," I said, "what do I always say at a time like this?" She looked at the clock, and then said to me, "What you say is, 'Where are my keys?'" My daughter was apparently familiar with my:

A visual image that is retained so vividly that one can continue to scan it for more information is called: