Keegan is a police officer. She was recently placed on administrative leave because she was shot during an armed robbery. Since the shooting, she can't stop thinking about how it felt to be shot, she is often angry with her husband, she jumps when she hears a loud noise, and she takes a 15 minute detour when driving home to avoid the neighborhood where it happened. Keegan probably suffers from ________.

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Keegan's symptoms, such as intrusive thoughts about the traumatic event, heightened irritability, hypervigilance to loud noises, and avoidance of places that remind her of the trauma, align with the diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Keegan Is a Police Officer