Plague Doctor

"How is it going?"

As soon as the video in the conference room was connected, Mr. Tong couldn't wait to ask. He was currently doing some Goa cooperation work in Russia.

The people attending this meeting were all senior members of the Tianji Bureau. After the changes in the past two years, a group of old people have been replaced, and some new people with meritorious service have come to power.

"It's not very good." Professor Ma and Dr. Shen brought the bad news. After telling some test results, Professor Ma added: "Considering that Ajun has no psychological trauma, it is a functional abnormality caused by brain damage, and this kind of ptsd appears." of persistent avoidance symptoms.”

At this conclusion, it was as if something bad had just become true, and the air in the conference room suddenly condensed.

"Why did it happen to hurt the frontal lobe..." Mr. Tong's face turned red with anger, Yao Shinian sighed, and the others were also heavy and sad.

No one likes this diagnosis, which is arguably the worst possible outcome.

The best situation is that there is mental erosion or other abnormal forces at work, which provides an opportunity to solve the abnormal problem and get better.

Secondly, Gu Junzhen has PTSD caused by psychological trauma.

In that case, psychology leads to physiological changes, and physiological changes worsen psychological problems. The treatment idea is very clear. While drug treatment is used to relieve physical symptoms and improve mental symptoms, psychological treatment is used to resolve the patient's trauma, and the "psychic barrier technology" contributed by Deng Ximei is even used to bypass the trauma. Once the psychology is cured in this way, the brain function will slowly improve and the patient will be cured.

Of course, this is an ideal situation. There is actually no good way to treat PTSD in existing medicine. There is no drug that can produce satisfactory effects on various symptom groups. Currently, most of them still use anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants, which are symptomatic treatments. That’s all.

Therefore, the cure rate and treatment quality are very low. At least 13% of PTSD patients will never recover for life and can only live in pain; more than half of the patients are often accompanied by various mental disorders. The suicide rate among PTSD patients is six times that of the general population.

But at least there are treatments and hope for recovery.

Now Gu Jun is in the worst case scenario. He is not suffering from psychological trauma, but from brain damage.

This kind of problem is precisely the one that is least cured. How to recover a brain that has suffered irreversible brain damage? This is not something human medicine can do now. It is for this reason that medicine defines such brain damage as "irreversible."

"Do you have any ideas on drug treatment?" Yao Shinian still asked reluctantly.

"It is difficult for existing drugs to have an effect on his condition, but you can give it a try." Professor Ma said helplessly.

ptsd has always been a problem in the world and also a problem for Tianji Bureau.

There are four core symptom groups of PTSD: intrusive symptom group, persistent avoidance, negative changes in cognition and mood, and increased alertness.

Medication is designed to alleviate and improve these symptoms so that they do not interfere with psychotherapy and so that the patient can maintain their daily life as much as possible.

Gu Jun does not have many symptoms and does not need to take anti-anxiety drugs. At most, he can take some norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor antidepressants to see if they can reduce avoidance symptoms and improve neuroendocrine secretion. As for irreversible brain damage, one can only take care of it slowly and see if it can recover on its own.

"The patient needs to rest for a period of time to allow the brain to recover, and then moderately stimulate it and slowly increase the amount. We check him regularly to observe the changes in his brain morphology, and if there is improvement, try to perform trauma Exposure therapy. His treatment must not be rushed. The treatment time should be set at more than one year, and you must be prepared..."

Professor Ma is very reluctant to say this, but this is his responsibility sitting here. "There is a high probability that the patient will not be able to recover. The symptoms will develop chronically and can only be controlled and regulated for life. In the short term, the patient is no longer suitable for work with abnormal exposure." , you should also avoid contact with relevant information in your life."

Listening to these diagnostic words, Tong Ye and the others' expressions became darker, but they all knew that Professor Ma was not alarmist.

Today Arjun almost suffered a cerebral hemorrhage just after looking at a few pictures of abnormal things. What else could he do...

"In addition, we are worried," Professor Ma added, "that this situation will really traumatize him and cause him to develop more symptoms of PTSD."

"I talked to Ajun." Dr. Shen's voice was low. "He did not seem to have been traumatized by the heterogeneous disease incident. Instead, he was much more open-minded about many things. But today's test results made him very depressed. I You can see that if he can only semi-retire, this will probably be a traumatic experience for him."

Everyone on the conference screen was silent. This situation was a major shock to everyone.

Gu Jun is only 22 years old, and it is a time when he has a bright future. This era is also when people like him are needed. He also has his own pursuits.

Now, after giving everything, although he escaped death, he lost his talents and became a "waste"...

Among the 27 patients with heterosquamia who died, 9 committed suicide after surgery, and most of these people were like Xie Yiman, who had a prosperous career and a promising future, but all of it collapsed in one fell swoop. From the perspective of PTSD, the suicides of the nine patients were acute stress behaviors, while many other patients had related disorders.

Now Gu Jun only occupies the aspect of continuous avoidance, but what if this continues in the long run?

Changes in brain structure and function will in turn affect psychology. If Gu Jun's condition worsens, based on biological and research data, his temperament will almost certainly change negatively. Low s value caused by ptsd

People often undergo this type of negative change.

At that time, maybe they will really lose that secret hero forever.

"We must do a good job." The old director said at this time, "The next time a crisis occurs, someone like Gu Jun can stand up."

Gu Jun can only take a long vacation, but abnormal events will never happen again. Big or small, there will always be a next time.

At that time, it will no longer work to rely on Gu Jun's ability, triggering illusions to look for clues, etc. like in the past few major events...

In fact, the alarm bell was sounded as early as the beginning of Gu Jun's coma. In the past two years, Gu Jun has made the work of the bureau easier, but this should not be the normal state, and it cannot be relied on now. Therefore, during this period of time, they have been increasing the work of talent discovery and training, with the goal of having one hundred Gu Juns and one thousand Gu Juns.

"I once again apply to put Wang Ruoxiang back in our spell department." Tong Ye babbled to everyone, "and re-use Deng Ximei. Both of them are good prospects. Forget Wu Shiyu, she has talent but doesn't have that pursuit. Tianji The university will expand its enrollment scope and recruit some good talents... As for Ajun..."

Master Tong let out a long sigh, "This kid has earned it if he is still alive after being injured like that... I will go back and tell him about the vacation. This kid..."

Everyone was thinking, this is all it can do for the time being.

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