Question

Keegan is a police officer. She was recently placed on administrative leave because she was shot during an armed robbery. Since the shooting, she can’t stop thinking about how it felt to be shot, she is often angry with her husband, she jumps when she hears a loud noise, and she takes a 15 minute detour when driving home to avoid the neighborhood where it happened. Keegan probably suffers from ________.

A. Physiological stressors related to her shooting
B. Posttraumatic stress disorder
C. Prolonged exposure to cortisol
D. The exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome

Answer 1

Answer:B. Posttraumatic stress disorder

Step-by-step explanation:

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition which affects someone who has experienced a traumatic event or who was there when something terrible happened. Like someone who had witnessed a shooting of their neighbor. A person will keep having flashbacks and dreaming about this particular incident as if it were happening at that moment. The person keep thinking about what happened non stop in away that is beyond their control. For some people it may only last few days and it may last longer for others which may require them to seek for professional help.