AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

STRESS AND ILLNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Nathan is hospitalized after a car accident in which he nearly drowned. Nathan can barely walk from the car accident. He can only walk with a cane. During Nathan’s recovery at the hospital he is working on how to walk unassisted. His physical therapist and doctor think that some pool exercises would be good for him to work on cardio and building muscle. When Nathan gets near the pool, he can’t breathe, starts screaming and crying. That night Nathan is wakes up screaming from a nightmare that he is in the ocean in his car.
A
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
B
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
C
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
D
Agoraphobia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Physical therapy is a group of interventions designed to improve range of motion, strengthen muscles and joints, restore mobility and endurance and provide patients with medical-grade equipment and assistive devices. Following a serious car injury, patients work with physiotherapists to recover and learn to walk again.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gait training is physical therapy to improve walking. It may be part of an overall physical therapy program to treat an injury or a physical condition that limits or prohibits the ability to walk or walk correctly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why Is Physical Therapy So Important? Physical therapy and rehabilitation are essential to long-term recovery from most moderate to severe injury types. The goals of this type of therapy are to reduce the pain you feel but also to improve the function of the joints, muscles, tendons, or other components.

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