A child who witnessed the death of his mother experiences symptoms of anxiety, dissociation, nightmares, poor sleep, reliving the event, and concentration problems as late as three years after the event. The child is suffering from

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Bailee Salazar

Social Studies

31 August, 10:55

A child who witnessed the death of his mother experiences symptoms of anxiety, dissociation, nightmares, poor sleep, reliving the event, and concentration problems as late as three years after the event. The child is suffering from

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Houston Stevenson · Answer 1

posttraumatic stress disorder

Explanation:

Posttraumatic stress disorder -

It is the mental situation, which get activated by any terrifying act, which the person has encountered, in this disorder people encounter the similar feeling of the tragedy like some bad memories, nightmares, etc., which may lead to stress, tension and bad thoughts.

The symptoms of such disorder starts in a month or so from the time of the terrifying event.

The symptoms of this disorder leads to very negative and and stressful situation in the personal and social life and thereby hindering the day - to day task of the person severely.