Deck 32: From Helplessness to Active Coping in Israel: Psychological First Aid Shira Hantman and Moshe Farchi

Question 1

What experience causes physical, emotional, or psychological distress or harms one's personal sense of safety and stability?

A) Psychosocial response
B) Posttraumatic stress
C) Distress
D) Traumatic event

Answer 1

Traumatic event

Question 2

What psychological assessment needs to be rapid, concise, and accurate?

A) Formative assessment
B) Dialectical assessment
C) Psychological first aid
D) Mindfulness

Answer 2

Psychological first aid

Question 3

What system controls autonomous reactions?

A) Thyroid system
B) Limbic system
C) Amygdala system
D) Frontal cortex

Answer 3

Limbic system

Question 4

What part of the brain is the integrative center for emotions and motivation?

A) Amygdala
B) Limbic system
C) Limbic lobe
D) Frontal cortex

Question 5

What type of trauma triggers the sympathetic system and overloads the senses?

A) Trauma memory
B) Interminable trauma
C) Perceived trauma
D) Trauma overload

Question 6

What is the time range for an acute stress reaction to occur after the event?

A) 5-24 hours
B) 0-48 hours
C) 24-48 hours
D) 10-20 hours

Question 7

What is an example of the symptoms of acute stress reaction?

A) Disorientation
B) Arousal
C) Avoidance
D) Abuse

Question 8

How many hours lapse before an acute stress disorder may take place?

A) 40 hours
B) 24 hours
C) 36 hours
D) 48 hours

Question 9

How many categories are used to characterize the clustering of previous symptoms for acute stress disorder?

A) 4
B) 3
C) 6
D) 7

Question 10

What disorder can occur one month following the traumatic event and can last for a year or longer?

A) Posttraumatic stress disorder
B) Acute stress disorder
C) Acute stress reaction
D) Trauma memory

Question 11

Chronic PTSD can occur from one year after initial exposure of perceived trauma and becomes a chronic condition.

Question 12

25% of persons exposed to an event perceived to be traumatic reach the stage of chronic PTSD.

Question 13

The effectiveness of coping mechanisms for PTSD rests on the type of stressor, the individual, and the circumstances.

Question 14

The three stages for intervention among stress victims are immediate, acute, and chronic.

Question 15

Stage 2 of the stages for interventions among stress victims is the immediate stage that is treated on the scene, in an emergency room, or at a stress trauma treatment center.

Question 16

Interventions at the ASR stage involve the psychological, neurological, proximity, immediacy, and expectation.

Question 17

The five core principles guiding interventions efforts are a sense of safety, calming, a sense of self and community efficacy, connectedness, and hope.

Question 18

The objective of the Six C's Activation model is restoration of normal functioning through several steps.

Question 19

What are three major symptom clusters?

Question 20

Explain the roles of first responders and social workers.

Question 21

Describe the acute stress reaction including three interventions.

Question 22

What are the social work objectives at the mezzo level for stress victims?