In working with persons who have a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), you would MOST often find that they experience which of the following signs or symptoms?
a. a sense that nothing can hurt them
b. recurring memories, dreams, or flashbacks of the event
c. total amnesia and fugue states
d. a loss of inhibition and judgment
B
Clients with post-traumatic stress disorder reexperience the traumatic event through recurrent recollections, dreams, or hallucinatory-like flashbacks. Additionally, the client may exhibit impairment of social functioning, the presence of specific anxiety symptoms, and "persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness."
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