Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: From Victim to Survivor

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1. In PTSD, grave physical harm
  a. occurs
  b. is threatenend
  c. is imagined
  d. A or B
2. About ___% of US adults 18-54 have PTSD during the course of a given year.
  a. 1.5
  b. 2.5
  c. 3.5
  d. 4.5
3. The avoidance/numbing criterion of PTSD is labeled
  a. A
  b. B
  c. C
  d. D
4. An individual meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD is __to meet criteria for one or more additional diagnoses.
  a. not likely
  b. likely
  c. sure
  d. rare
5. The most successful interventions for PTSD are
  a. CBT
  b. medication
  c. EMDR
  d. A and B
6. The DSM-IV-TR criteria for PTSD states that the person's response involves intense
  a. fear
  b. helplessness
  c. horror
  d. any 3
7. In acute PTSD, the duration of symptoms is less than ___ months.
  a. 1
  b. 2
  c. 3
  d. 4
8. Fear, an emotion that evolves to deal with danger, causes an automatic, rapid protection response in ___systems of the body.
  a. 2
  b. 3
  c. 4
  d. many
9. The body's fear response is coordinated by a small structure deep inside the brain called the
  a. amygdala
  b. hippocampus
  c. inner brain
  d. cortex
10. When people are in danger, they produce ___ natural opiates.
  a. no
  b. a high level
  c. a low level
  d. corrupt
11. Ordinary stress reduction techniques ___ in PTSD.
  a. help
  b. do not help
  c. harm
  d. are useless
12. Perheps the best therapeudic option for mild to moderately affected PTSD patients is___ therapy.
  a. COD
  b. individual
  c. group
  d. all 3.