Posttraumatic stress disorders

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1. Posttraumatic stress disorders:

A) begin immediately after the stress occurs.
B) last between 1 and 3 weeks.
C) last longer than a month.
D) don't begin until years after the traumatic event.

2. Salina was terrified during the San Francisco earthquake of 1989 (who wouldn't be?). For a couple of weeks after, she did not sleep well or feel comfortable inside a building. However, gradually the fears diminished, and they disappeared within a month. Her reaction to the earthquake was a(n):

A) acute stress disorder.
B) phobic reaction.
C) posttraumatic stress disorder.
D) panic attack.

3. A person who witnessed a horrible accident and then became unusually anxious and depressed for 3 weeks is probably experiencing:

A) pretraumatic stress disorder.
B) acute stress disorder.
C) combat fatigue.
D) posttraumatic stress disorder.

4. Educating survivors about symptoms they might develop in the aftermath of a huge disaster is relevant to:

A) normalizing people's responses to the disaster.
B) diffusing anxiety, anger, and frustration.
C) providing referrals.
D) teaching self-help skills.

5. What percentage of rape victims qualified for diagnosis of acute stress disorder in Rothbaum, et al.'s study (1992)?

A) 12%
B) 76%
C) 94%
D) 43%

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