Chp 20

Which of the following must a patient have experienced, witnessed or confronted to meet one of the criteria for PTSD?

A. The event involved actual or threatened death or serious physical injury to the patient or to others

B. The patient felt intense fear, horror or helplessness

C. The event caused a sense of uneasiness over the patient

Both A and B

Older persons and persons who experience natural disasters are least likely to experience PTSD?

True

False

Stage 2 of the mind's crisis response is

The cataclysm of emotions including vulnerability, rage, sorrow and self-blame

Shock, disbelief and denial

Emotional balance

In stage 3 of the mind's crisis response ____

The person will become locked into one of the physical responses

The person will become locked into one of the mind's responses

There is only hope

The emotional roller coaster eventually becomes balanced

Trauma is accompanied by a multitude of losses such as

Control over one's life

Trust in god or in other persons

Future

All of the above

Grief and bereavement are involved in losses due to trauma response

True

False

Overwhelming trauma can cause a person to regress mentally and physical to childhood. Which of the following is NOT an example of regression?

Wanting a parent to come take care of you

Strong hunger

Feeling very weak physically

A childhood feeling of something being terribly wrong

The intensity of long-term stress reactions by trigger events does not usually decrease over time

True

False

What is the order in which a crisis reaction to TRAUMA occurs?

Physical then the mind's response

The mind's response then the phyiscal

They occur parallel to each other

Which of the following is NOT true about the "flight or flight" reaction?

All the physical senses shut down

The body may relieve itself of excess materials like ingested foods

The heart rate increases

Adrenaline begins to pump throughout the body

Prolonged "fight or flight" will eventually lead to

Exhilaration

Excitement

Enthusiasm

Exhaustion

Which of the following is not a minds crisis response to TRAUMA?

Denial

Disbelief

Hallucinations

Shock

A victims reaction to crime includes the _____ phase

Recoil

Injury

Trauma

Victim-specific

When crisis reactions are exacerbated by an officer's actions, this is considered:

A secondary assault

To be ok because officers are not perfect

When making a death notification, the use of a telephone is:

Recommended to avoid seeing their eyes

Never acceptable to make a death notification

Is the preferred method