Deck 14: Crisis, Trauma, and Disasters

Question 1

A disaster is an extraordinary event, either natural or human-made, concentrated in time and space

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following would not be classified as "positive stress":

A)Starting a new job
B)Purchasing a house
C)Meeting new people
D)Separation or Divorce

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Define crisis and provide an example.

Answer 3

an event that disrupts a person's equilibrium, usual ways of coping fail, and there is evidence of distress and impairment of functioning​

Question 4

Emotional numbness and aggression are signs of PTSD.

Question 5

Social workers exposed to trauma may experience secondary trauma stress.

Question 6

What are the basic differences between positive, tolerable, and toxic stress?

Question 7

Identify and briefly describe two methods to reduce stress.

Question 8

Which of the following does NOT apply to CBT:

A)Thoughts, rather than the external environment, cause emotions and behaviors
B)If we change our thoughts, we can change our emotions and actions
C)The client often practices outside of sessions what they have learned
D)CBT therapies are relatively long in duration

Question 9

All trauma victims suffer from PTSD.

Question 10

The central premise of CBT is that thoughts, rather than the external environment, cause emotions and behaviors.

Question 11

After witnessing or experiencing an event that involves actual or the threat of injury, death or serious danger, a person has experienced:

A)Post Traumatic Stress
B)Trauma
C)Crisis
D)Positive Stress

Question 12

Which of the following is descriptive of EMDR:

A)It incorporates components of several therapeutic techniques, including cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, and body therapies
B)It involves paying attention to current and future experiences while simultaneously focusing on an external stimulus.
C)During the treatment, clients focus on pleasant memories, images or feelings while they follow an external stimulus
D)It is an effective intensive and long-term therapy that can dramatically reduce PTSD symptoms

Question 13

Cognitive behavioral therapy rests on the assumption that feelings come from deep-seated, repressed childhood traumas.

Question 14

Burnout is the second-hand exposure to traumatic events.

Question 15

Define trauma and provide an example.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a micro intervention in the case of a disaster:​

A)Helping to preserve people's safety, privacy, health, and self-esteem
B)Getting people to where they belong
C)Screening for risk of deeper problems, identifying need, and providing crisis care
D)discharge planning

Question 17

What is the difference between secondary traumatic stress and burnout?

Question 18

Mindfulness is the state of being aware of everything in the present moment, and to do so without judgment or analysis.