Post traumatic stress disorder is more likely to develop in
(A) Those who had experienced emotional numbness immediately after the disaster# Clinial features of PTCD:> PTSD occurs when a catastropic event (usually life threatening or potentially fatal, e.g., war, earthquake, serious accident or robbery) affects the patient or a close friend or relative.> -- Patient experiences symptoms of both hyperarousal & withdrawal.> -- Symptoms of hyperarousal include anxiety, recurrent nightmares, intrusive memories of the event (flashbacks), increased startle response, & hypervigilance.> -- Symptoms of withdrawal include numbing of affective response, survivor's guilt, dissociation, & social withdrawal.
Those who had experienced emotional numbness immediately after the disaster
Those with lower education
Those who had experienced more stressful life events during the six months immediately following the disaster
Dose with higher economic status
Miscellaneous