Post traumatic stress disorder is more likely to develop in
Correct Answer: Those who had experienced emotional numbness immediately after the disaster
Description: (A) Those who had experienced emotional numbness immediately after the disaster# Clinial features of PTCD:> PTSD occurs when a catastropic event (usually life threatening or potentially fatal, e.g., war, earthquake, serious accident or robbery) affects the patient or a close friend or relative.> -- Patient experiences symptoms of both hyperarousal & withdrawal.> -- Symptoms of hyperarousal include anxiety, recurrent nightmares, intrusive memories of the event (flashbacks), increased startle response, & hypervigilance.> -- Symptoms of withdrawal include numbing of affective response, survivor's guilt, dissociation, & social withdrawal.
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