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This patient is experiencing symptoms of acute stress reaction, which is a mental health condition that can occur up to a month after someone goes through a traumatic event.
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Acute stress reaction
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Schizotypal personality disorder is a personality disorder is characterized by bizarre or magical thinking. It causes individuals to have difficulty with social interactions.
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Schizotypal personality disorder
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EUPD is characterized by individuals having sudden mood swings, unstable relationships, and an unstable sense of self and self-image. The patient in this question is experiencing symptoms of acute stress reaction after experiencing a traumatic event.
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Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
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Bipolar disorder is diagnosed when someone has both a major depressive episode and an episode of mania or hypomania. Manic episodes involve elated mood or irritability, often involving people making dangerous decisions with little thought for consequences. The patient in this question is experiencing symptoms of acute stress reaction after experiencing a traumatic event.
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Bipolar Disorder
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Post traumatic stress disorder can only be diagnosed when a person has symptoms for more than one month. Therefore, the correct answer to this question is acute stress reaction.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
Concept
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Anxiety, Obsessions and Stress Reactions (including OCD)
Topic
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Psychiatry
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A 25-year-old female presents to the GP with palpations and shortness of breath for the last two weeks. She describes several episodes of feeling hot and breathless before seeing vivid images. She says these episodes began after she was involved in a car crash two weeks ago.

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
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