William, an Airplane Pilot, Is Unable to Remember Anything of a Bombing

question 144

Multiple Choice

William, an airplane pilot, is unable to remember anything of a bombing raid in which his plane was severely damaged and two crew members were killed. Because he himself suffered no physical injuries, psychologists suspect that William probably suffers from

• A) panic disorder.
• B) a dissociative disorder.
• C) a phobia.
• D) bipolar disorder.

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Definitions:

Capillary Blood

Blood that is collected from the capillaries, often used for tests requiring small amounts of blood, like glucose level tests.

Buffy Coat

The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation.

Centrifuged

The process of subjecting various materials or solutions to the force of a centrifuge to separate components based on density.

Reference Laboratory

A laboratory owned and operated by an organization outside the physician’s practice.