PTSD Symptoms
What are the three main categories of PTSD symptoms?
Answer: Re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal.
Question: What does PTSD stand for?
Correct Response: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Question: What type of therapy is commonly used to help individuals confront and process their trauma?
Correct Response: Exposure therapy.
Which PTSD symptom might cause a person to avoid people, places, or activities that remind them of the trauma?
Correct Response: Avoidance symptoms.
Question: How long must symptoms persist for a diagnosis of PTSD?
Correct Response: Symptoms must persist for more than one month.
What class of medications is often prescribed to treat PTSD?
Correct Response: SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors).