Chapter 41: The Combat Veteran

Question 1

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 1

develops from extreme stress of combat, a collection of signs and symptoms when a normal individual is exposed to an abnormal event, 4 features: response, reliving, avoiding, anxiety/hyperarousal

Question 2

“the thousand-yard stare”

Answer 2

displayed by many combat soldiers, response to abnormal stressors/dangerous conditions

Question 3

response

Answer 3

veteran responses to the experience with feelings of anger, fear, horror, and helplessness

Question 4

reliving

Answer 4

individual relives these events by way of flashbacks, unwanted thoughts, nightmares

Question 5

avoiding

Answer 5

person avoids anything that even reminds him of the trauma

Question 6

anxiety/hyperarousal

Answer 6

nervous system arousal caused by trauma, “fight or flight,” so extreme that the veteran cannot suppress it

Question 7

traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Answer 7

an alteration in brain function or other brain pathology caused by an external force