Trauma-Informed Care and Techniques Flashcards
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Which neuroscientific concept explains why traumatized clients may react intensely to stimuli that seem unrelated to their trauma?
Answer: Conditioned fear generalization via amygdala sensitization
The sensitized amygdala can generalize fear responses to stimuli resembling the original threat, even without conscious memory linkage.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study most significantly demonstrated that:
Answer: There is a dose-response relationship between ACE scores and negative health outcomes
The ACE study showed a graded relationship — higher ACE scores correlate with greater risk of physical, mental, and social health problems.
A trauma-informed approach to using safety planning with a client who has PTSD should prioritize:
Answer: Co-creating a plan that includes the client's identified coping resources and support network
Collaborative safety planning that incorporates the client's own resources increases ownership and effectiveness of the plan.
Polyvagal theory, developed by Stephen Porges, suggests that trauma responses are primarily mediated through:
Answer: The autonomic nervous system's hierarchical response states
Polyvagal theory describes three hierarchical ANS states — ventral vagal (safe), sympathetic (mobilized), and dorsal vagal (shutdown) — that govern trauma responses.
A child presents with hypervigilance, sleep disturbance, and emotional dysregulation following ongoing domestic violence. This constellation of symptoms BEST reflects:
Answer: Complex trauma / Developmental trauma disorder
Ongoing relational trauma during development produces complex trauma presentations that affect regulation, relationships, and self-concept.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) includes which unique component not found in standard CBT?
Answer: Trauma narrative development and processing
TF-CBT's trauma narrative component allows children to construct and process their trauma story, which is central to reducing PTSD symptoms.
When a trauma survivor describes feeling 'numb' and 'disconnected from their body' during a session, the clinician recognizes this as:
Answer: Hypoarousal / dorsal vagal shutdown
Emotional numbing and depersonalization reflect hypoarousal states associated with dorsal vagal shutdown — the freeze/collapse response.