Stephen Has Been Diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Surviving

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Essay

Stephen has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after surviving a mass shooting at a nightclub. For each of these three treatments for PTSD, write one or two sentences describing what Stephen might experience during the therapy: (1) exposure therapy for PTSD, (2) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and (3) eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).

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Definitions:

Antibodies

Proteins produced by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses.

Antigens

Substances that the immune system recognizes as foreign and against which it mounts an immune response.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A theoretical model describing the body's stress response in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Alarm Reaction Stage

The initial phase of the stress response, where the body reacts to a stressor with a fight or flight response, activating various physiological changes.