The Management of Terror

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Gary Rodin ◽  
Sarah Hales
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Mortality Salience ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Acute Onset ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Life Threatening

This chapter addresses the psychological impact of life-threatening disease of acute onset. Anxiety may be profound in this circumstance, with the severity of symptoms often meeting criteria for acute stress disorder (ASD) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in both patients and family caregivers. The nature of traumatic stress and the ways in which it may be alleviated by Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) therapy are described here. Terror management theory (TMT), including the psychological pillars that protect individuals from the fear of death, is introduced as a model to understand how death anxiety is managed when mortality salience is heightened. The influence of TMT in formulating our research and in developing the CALM intervention is described here.

scholarly journals Biomarkers in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Overview and Implications for Future Research

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Schmidt ◽  
Sebastian F. Kaltwasser ◽  
Carsten T. Wotjak
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Current State ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
State Of Research

PTSD can develop in the aftermath of traumatic incidents like combat, sexual abuse, or life threatening accidents. Unfortunately, there are still no biomarkers for this debilitating anxiety disorder in clinical use. Anyhow, there are numerous studies describing potential PTSD biomarkers, some of which might progress to the point of practical use in the future. Here, we outline and comment on some of the most prominent findings on potential imaging, psychological, endocrine, and molecular PTSD biomarkers and classify them into risk, disease, and therapy markers. Since for most of these potential PTSD markers a causal role in PTSD has been demonstrated or at least postulated, this review also gives an overview on the current state of research on PTSD pathobiology.

Overview of Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Black
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Reactive Attachment Disorder ◽  
Adjustment Disorders ◽  
Attachment Disorder ◽  
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder ◽  
Reactive Attachment

The chapter “Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders” is new to DSM-5 and includes two disorders that begin in childhood (reactive attachment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorders. In each condition, the individual has been exposed to a traumatic or stressful event or, in the case of the childhood conditions, early social neglect. The disorders are briefly reviewed, and interested readers are referred to reviews on PTSD and adjustment disorders.  This review contains 5 tables, and 28 references. Key words: acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reactive attachment disorder, stressors, trauma 

Does Acute Stress Disorder Predict Subsequent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Pediatric Burn Survivors?

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (11) ◽  
pp. 1564-1568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Rosenberg ◽  
Marta Rosenberg ◽  
Rhonda Robert ◽  
Lisa Richardson ◽  
Sherri Sharp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Acute Stress Disorder ◽  
Burn Survivors
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