PYC4802 - Psychopathology Articles Summarized.

THEME 2: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS ARTICLES AVERILL – POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN OLDER ADULTS: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW — This review – 1) Summarize and integrate the extant literature on PTSD in older adults; 2) To spotlight special concerns that are involved in understanding PTSD in older adults; 3) To set the stage for future research in the relatively neglected area. — Initiated by exposure to extraordinarily stressful life events — 3 categories of symptoms a) Reexperiencing Symptoms b) Avoidance and numbing symptoms c) Increased physiological arousal — DSM-5: Individual is exposed to trauma; trauma is persistently reexperiencing; pervasive avoidance of cues associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness; persistent symptoms of hyperarousal; lasted at least 1 month and cause significant distress. — People experience trauma young tend to ‘mask symptoms’ until later in life. — As they aged PTSD symptoms exacerbation was common — Sleep disturbances and memory impairment are seen commonly in OLDER adults in general and may not be associated with trauma exposure per se. — Among older veterans