In a clinic they only use hypnosis in their treatments of all the military verterans who come for PTSD related symptoms. The verterans report a decrease in PTSD symptoms. The head of the clinic claims that hypnosis is a better therapy than standard cognitive/behavioral therapies that are used in other clinics. Although this is interesting, his experience is limited because he does not have:   A. a reliable way to measure depressive symptoms   B. psychotherapy to supplement the drug   C. a hypothesis   D. a comparison group that received the alternative therap

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  1. In a clinic they only use hypnosis in their treatments of all the military verterans who come for PTSD related symptoms. The verterans report a decrease in PTSD symptoms. The head of the clinic claims that hypnosis is a better therapy than standard cognitive/behavioral therapies that are used in other clinics.

    Although this is interesting, his experience is limited because he does not have:

      A.

    a reliable way to measure depressive symptoms

      B.

    psychotherapy to supplement the drug

      C.

    a hypothesis

      D.

    a comparison group that received the alternative therapy

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Post-traumatic stress disorder is a medical condition in which a person fails to come out or recover from a severe stressful situation such as any natural disaster, accident, loss of a loved one, witnessing murder or rape. Any image or thought related to such event triggers the stressful reaction in the person.

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