Question

Ramon sees a therapist because he is reliving a traumatic experience and has been trying to avoid reminders of it. The onset of his problem occurred three weeks ago, after he was brutally assaulted and robbed. The therapist would most likely diagnose Ramon with which disorder?

Answer 1

Answer:

Acute stress  disorder

Explanation:

This is a combined series of  unpleasant reactions manifested  by an individual   after an exposure to, or experienced of   a traumatic events(death, accidents,...).It is usually characterised with  manifestation of dissociating symptoms  about 3 days after the experience and last for a month.

Apathy  sets in, lack of emotional attributes in ideal activities, failure  to achieved success in  daily life tasks,  detachments,difficulty in concentration, in planning,  difficulty at sleeping, irritability,failure to recollect details  of the traumatic events   are few of the symptoms manifested.

These manifestations were as a results of ability of the subjects to reflects on the  traumatic effects through  dreams, thoughts, illusion or  disturbances when exposed to similar events or reminded of  the traumatic events  etc.

Generally withdrawal  of the subject  from  the traumatic situation, an appeal to the subject to narrate the events and understand the reaction to it, application of some medications,  and family support are ways of alleviating and correcting this disorder.