Raskin - Chapter 7

DSM-5 disorder in which a person experiences PTSD-like symptoms for between three days and one month after the traumatic event.

ICD-10 disorder in which a person experiences PTSD-like symptoms lasting between a few minutes and three days following a traumatic event; included in ICD-11 but not considered a disorder.

DSM-5, ICD-10, and ICD-11 diagnoses used to identify emotional reactions to ongoing stressors; milder than most other disorders and often used as catch-all categories for people facing continuing life stress who don’t qualify for another mental disorder.

Memory gaps; sometimes occur in dissociation.

Responsible for regulating automatic biological functions affected by prolonged stress—such as heart rate, blood pressure, and emotional arousal.

The situation of having recently lost a significant person through death.

Component of EMDR that involves rhythmically exposing people to alternating stimulation on their left and right sides.

Specific cognitive therapy for PTSD that combines exposure therapy with a more primary focus on having clients examine and revise their cognitions about the traumatic event.

15-session manualized PTSD treatment for couples and families in which cognitive therapy techniques are used to teach conflict management.

ICD-11 diagnosis for PTSD patients who have (a) difficulties managing emotions; (b) negative beliefs about themselves as worthless; and (c) trouble maintaining relationships.

An extended single-session post-trauma intervention during which trauma victims are asked to recall the event in vivid detail shortly after it occurs; controversial because some research suggests CISD can be harmful.

Modifying empirically supported treatments to account for cultural differences.

Psychoanalytic term that describing the process by which psychic energy is divested from an object.

Form of dissociation characterized by disconnecting from one’s self and one’s emotions; the self seems unreal or changed.

Form of dissociation characterized by disconnecting from one’s surroundings; the world seems remote, altered, or unreal.