In addition to flashbacks, clients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may exhibit or report which of these signs or symptoms?
a. diminished startle response c. hallucinations
b. insomnia d. hypervigilant
D
Clients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have experienced a serious trauma. The response to trauma is fear or helplessness, and the event is persistently reexperienced through recurrent recollections, dreams, or hallucination-like flashbacks. In addition, they may exhibit exaggerated startle response and be hypervigilant.
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a. blood buffers, kidneys, and lungs. b. kidneys, lungs, and blood buffers. c. blood buffers, lungs, and kidneys. d. lungs, kidneys, and blood buffers.
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A) True B) False
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