Both Kurt and Magda survived airplane crashes. Both experien…
Both Kurt and Magda survived airplane crashes. Both experience intrusive memories of the event as well as extreme anxiety and dissociative episodes. One might be diagnosed with acute stress disorder and the other with posttraumatic stress disorder if ____.
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Dr. Young says, “My client faced such severe traumas in her first five years of life that she blocked the memories from conscious recall. The result is that although she is 29 years old, and cannot remember her childhood.” Dr. Young is describing the psychodynamic concept of ____.
Read DetailsDrazen was in Bosnia during the civil war there. He has dayt…
Drazen was in Bosnia during the civil war there. He has daytime flashbacks of the bombing and is emotionally numb, withdrawing from friends and family. Although he is much calmer than he was before the war, symptoms have lasted for several months. What about Drazen’s case is unusual for a person with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
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