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The network of nerve fibers that connect the central nervous system to all the other organs of the body.

The system of glands located throughout the body that help control important activities such as growth and sexual activity.

The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that quicken the heartbeat and produce other changes experienced as arousal.

The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that help return bodily processes to normal.

One route by which the brain and body produce arousal.

Hormones, including cortisol, released by the adrenal glands at times of stress.

A disorder in which a person experiences fear and related symptoms soon after a trauma but for less than a month.

A disorder in which a person experiences fear and related symptoms long after a traumatic event.

Forced sexual intercourse or another sexual act committed against a nonconsenting person or intercourse between an adult and an underage person.

The use of brutal, degrading, and disorienting strategies to reduce victims to a state of utter helplessness.

The process of adapting well in the face of adversity.

A treatment approach in which clients confront not only trauma-related objects and situations but also their painful memories of traumatic experiences.

An exposure treatment in which clients move their eyes in a rhythmic manner from side to side while flooding their minds with images of objects and situations they ordinarily avoid.

A form of crisis intervention in which victims are helped to talk about their feelings and reactions to traumatic incidents. Also called critical incident stress debriefing.

A disaster response intervention that seeks to reduce the initial distress of victims and foster their adaptive functioning, but without procedures that may be premature, intrusive, or inflexible.

Disorders marked by major changes in memory that do not have clear physical causes.

The faculty for recalling past events and past learning.

A disorder marked by an inability to recall important personal events and information.

A form of dissociative amnesia in which persons travel to a new location and may assume a new identity, simultaneously forgetting their past.

A dissociative disorder in which a person develops two or more distinct personalities. Also known as multiple personality disorder.

The two or more distinct personalities found in individuals suffering with dissociative identity disorder. Also known as alternate personalities.

Learning that becomes associated with the conditions under which it occurred, so that it is best remembered under the same conditions.

The process of hypnotizing oneself, sometimes for the purpose of forgetting unpleasant events.

A treatment in which the patient undergoes hypnosis and is then guided to recall forgotten events or perform other therapeutic activities. Also known as hypnotherapy.

The final merging of two or more subpersonalities in dissociative identity disorder.

A dissociative disorder marked by the presence of persistent and recurrent episodes of depersonalization, derealization, or both.