Diagnostically, I would consider that Jakki is suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 309.81 (F4310) (DSM-5). Jakki meets the following criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): directly witnessing a traumatic event, recurrent distressing dreams, dissociative reactions, derealization, and hypervigilance.
Jakki moved to United States from the Middle East when she was ten years old. She was also ten years old when she witnessed the death of her youngest brother while escaping out of the country. This unresolved traumatic event is the cause of an acute trauma related disorder, PTSD. There is a significant amount of literature on PTSD in the civilian population of the Middle East. In the past few decades the Middle East has
