Practice Question
Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder?
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Correct Answer:
Childhood seizures
Rationale:
💠PTSD risk is tied to exposure to traumatic events (e.g., intimate partner violence, sudden death of a loved one, motor vehicle collisions), not primary neurologic conditions.
💠Childhood seizures are a neurologic disorder, not a psychological trauma, so they do not constitute a PTSD risk factor by themselves.
💠PTSD requires threat to life/physical integrity plus fear/helplessness with subsequent symptom clusters (re-experiencing, avoidance, negative mood/cognition, hyperarousal).
💠While seizures can be stressful, they lack the trauma exposure criterion central to PTSD diagnosis.
💠Therefore, childhood seizures are the non-risk choice among options grounded in actual trauma exposure.
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- Category: LPN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: LPN ATI Exams
- Domain: Mental Health
- Answer Choices: 4