A soldier who served in a combat zone returned home to the United States
The soldier's spouse reports to the nurse, "We had planned to start a family right away, but now he won't talk about it. He won't even look at children." The spouse is describing which symptom associated with PTSD?
a. Reexperiencing
b. Hyperarousal
c. Avoidance
d. Psychosis
C
Avoidance is exemplified by a sense of foreshortened future and estrangement. There is no evidence that this soldier is having hyperarousal or reexperiencing war-related traumas. Psychosis is not evident.
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