Question

Two years after being brutally beaten and raped, Brianna still experiences jumpy anxiety, has trouble sleeping, and has vivid flashbacks of her assault. Brianna is most clearly showing signs of:________.a) generalized anxiety disorder. b) panic disorder. c) social phobia.d) post-traumatic stress disorder.

Answer 1

Answer:

d) post-traumatic stress disorder.

Explanation:

a) generalized anxiety disorder: Generalized anxiety disorder (or GAD) is characterized by excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about everyday life events with no obvious reasons for worry. People with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder tend to always expect disaster and can't stop worrying about health, money, family, work, or school.

b) panic disorder: A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause.

c) social phobia: Social anxiety disorder, sometimes referred to as social phobia, is a type of anxiety disorder that causes extreme fear in social settings. Social anxiety is persistent and debilitating. It can affect one’s ability to work, attend school or develop close relationships with people outside of their family

d) post-traumatic stress disorder: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event - either experiencing it or witnessing it. The event could be sexual or physical assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, the unexpected death of a loved one, an accident, natural disaster or other threats on a person's life. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.

From the above explanation, the answer is d) post-traumatic stress disorder.

Answer 2

Answer: option d==> post-traumatic stress disorder.

Explanation:

There are some experience that are traumatic that has happened to many people in the past that still have effect on them in the present days because but is so hard to forget and this thing's makes such people to have a disorder which is known as the Post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Post-traumatic stress disorder is a kind of disorders that brings back things or experiences of the past. The people with this kind of disorder have symptoms just like that of Brianna in the question and should they should undergo Psychotherapies such as Cognitive behavioral therapy for their treatment.