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cabate

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A soldier returning from deployment overseas reports heightened anxiety, a sense of not being able to feel emotions, and re-experiencing a video in his mind of a horrific roadside bombing whenever he hears the local fire company siren go off.
 
  Although he has tried to remind himself that it is the same siren he has heard for years, the fear he experiences upon hearing it is overwhelming. Given this scenario, which of the following might be his diagnosis?
 
   A) Depersonalization disorder
   B) Panic disorder with agoraphobia
   C) Post-traumatic stress disorder
   D) Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 2

Overall, the course of recovery, remission, and chronicity in the somatic symptom disorders is
 
  A) complex.
   B) highly predictable.
   C) similar across diagnoses.
   D) different for men and women.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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