Which of the following sets of symptoms would be unexpected after a disaster?
a. Confusion, disorientation, indecisiveness, and memory loss
b. Depression, fear, or just numbness
c. Fatigue with headaches, nausea, and dizziness
d. Irritable, suspicious, argumentative, and inappropriate
e. No unusual feelings or behavior
ANS: E
Common responses to disasters include all sorts of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral symptoms. Therefore, to have no unusual feelings or behavior would indeed be unexpected.
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