A military member has returned from active duty and is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) . She tells the nurse that she was never in a combat zone during her deployment, and her commanding officer told her that you can't have PTSD unless you were in active combat. Which response by the nurse is an accurate reflection about PTSD in military personnel?
A) Women may experience other anxiety disorders more often than PTSD from military service.
B) PTSD after serving in the military is almost always related to trauma associated with active combat.
C) Women in the military more often experience PTSD secondary to sexual assault.
D) Due to the recent changes in combat, women experience PTSD more often than men.
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