ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
ANXIETY DISORDERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Take a day trip with a friend
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Take an eleven-minute bus ride alone
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Join a support group and participate in a victim-assistance organization
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Take a 10-minute walk with his wife around the block
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Detailed explanation-1: -PTSD Treatment Goals There are three main goals for PTSD treatment: Ease the PTSD symptoms, making them less frequent and less intrusive or impactful on your life. Teach you how to manage the symptoms when they do occur. Restore a positive sense of self, your self-esteem.
Detailed explanation-2: -Relaxation techniques such as meditation, deep breathing, massage, or yoga can activate the body’s relaxation response and ease symptoms of PTSD. Avoid alcohol and drugs. When you’re struggling with difficult emotions and traumatic memories, you may be tempted to self-medicate with alcohol or drugs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Exposure therapy (ET). Used to help PTSD patients reduce flashbacks and nightmares, ET lets patients safely face frightening situations and memories until they are better able to cope with them. Exposures can be real or imagined. Virtual reality technology can also be used for ET.