According to DSM-5, a traumatic stressor is exposure to _____.

a. threatening requirements or events that the individual does not know how to respond to effectively
b. any event that produces feelings of fear and a significant increase of blood pressure and heart rate
c. death, the threat of death, or actual or threatened sexual violence or other serious injury
d. any event that presents an immediate threat to one's sense of safety or that stimulates recall of such a threat


Ans: c. death, the threat of death, or actual or threatened sexual violence or other serious injury

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