Sajid Rahim, Sohail Ali, Mowadat Hussain Rana.
Great good from great suffering - a case of post traumatic growth.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;56(4):464-6.

A twenty years old patient was brought to mental health relief centre established in Department of Psychiatry Military Hospital Rawalpindi 03 weeks after October 2005 earth quake, with complaints of low mood, disturbed biological functions and feelings of restlessness. During the interview she revealed that she was attending her classes when earthquake struck. At first she couldn`t think clearly as to what was happening around her; moments later she was running towards herhome, in a dazed state. She was relieved to see all her family members alive and safe. She spent next two days fighting against heavy rains with no shelter over her head. She was so terrified that she lost her sleep and couldn`t eat anything for more than thirty six hours. Finally on the fourth day of the disaster, she, along with her family was shifted to Rawalpindi, by her maternal uncle. She continued to have episodes of crying, difficulty in falling asleep, loss of appetite and constant fear of earthquake over next two weeks. She would startle at slightest of sounds and was always in a state of hypervigilance. She became dysfunctional in most of the routine affairs of the house and it was then that she was brought by her uncle to the Department of Psychiatry at MH Rawalpindi.

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