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Unit 8 – Clinical Psychology
Topic 8.5
Which explanation best describes how trauma can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
Trauma can cause neurobiological changes that alter an individual's response to future stress.
Traumas always directly result in PTSD within a few weeks of the event.
PTSD occurs when individuals cannot forget their traumatic experiences.
Those with weak immune systems are more likely to develop PTSD after experiencing trauma.
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AP Psychology - 8.5 Trauma- and Stressor Related, Dissociative, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
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