You are working with a client who tells you that she periodically ...

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You are working with a client who tells you that she periodically awakes at night and recalls dreaming about her experience of sexual abuse. She talks about flashbacks in which she visualizes the abuse and even smells the aftershave of her abuser.
 
  She also is having difficulties associating with friends and is isolating. She complains of feeling numb inside. This client is likely suffering from which of the following? a. panic disorder
  b. phobia
  c. post-traumatic stress disorder
  d. obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 2

When compared to highly mobile counterparts, the least mobile elderly tended to respond to touch:
 
  a. equally
  b. less positively
  c. more positively
  d. not at all

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Answer to Question 1

C
The client is most likely suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder. Individuals with this disorder have been exposed to an event that threatened the person's physical integrity. In this situation, the experience of sexual abuse was seen as a threat to the client's physical integrity. Flashbacks are often experiences when the individual suffers from this disorder.

Answer to Question 2

C
When compared to highly mobile counterparts, the least mobile elderly tend to respond to touch more positively. Being less mobile, these individuals often feel isolated from their community. They place great importance and value on the smallest gesture of touch because touch leads to a feeling of affinity and of belonging to community.