"How's the situation?"
Elder Tong could not wait to ask as soon as the video call was connected. He was currently in Russia doing some work with GOA.
The people who attended the meeting were the current executives of Phecda. After two years of change, some of the old people had been replaced, and some of the new ones had taken over.
"Not good." Professor Ma and Dr. Shen brought bad news. After explaining the results of the examination, Professor Ma said, "Considering that Ah Jun does not have any psychological trauma, it is a functional abnormality caused by the brain damage, and he has the persistent avoidance symptoms of PTSD."
With this conclusion, it was as if something bad had come true. The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly froze.
"Why does it have to be the prefrontal lobe …" Tong Ye's face was red with anger. Yao Sinian sighed, and the others were heavy and sad.
No one liked this diagnosis. It was the worst possible outcome.
The best case scenario would be a mental corruption or some other abnormal power. That would instead provide an opportunity to resolve the abnormal problem and everything would be fine.
The second possibility was that Gu Jun really had PTSD caused by psychological trauma.
That would cause the psychological changes to the physiological changes, and the physiological changes would aggravate the psychological problems. The treatment plan was clear. He would use medication to alleviate the physical symptoms and improve the psychological symptoms while using psychotherapy to solve the patient's trauma. He would even use Deng Ximei's' Spirit Barrier Technique 'to bypass the trauma. This way, once the psychological condition was cured, the brain function would slowly improve, and the patient would recover.
Of course, this was the ideal situation. Current medical science did not have a good way to treat PTSD. There were no drugs that could produce a satisfactory effect on the various symptoms. Currently, most people still used anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants, which were symptomatic treatment.
Therefore, the cure rate and quality of treatment were very low. At least one-third of PTSD patients would not recover and could only live in pain. More than half of the patients often had various mental disorders. The suicide rate of PTSD patients was six times higher than the general population.
But at least there was a way to treat it, and there was hope of recovery.
Now, Gu Jun was in the worst situation. He did not have a problem with psychological trauma, but brain damage.
This kind of problem was the most difficult to treat. How could the brain recover from irreversible brain damage? This was not something that human medicine could do. It was for this reason that medical science defined that kind of brain injury as "irreversible."
"Do you have any thoughts on medication?" Yao Sinian asked, unwilling to give up.
"It's very difficult to treat his condition with the current drugs, but we can give it a try," Professor Ma said helplessly.
PTSD had always been a difficult problem for the world, and it was also a difficult problem for Phecda.
The four core symptoms of PTSD were intrusive symptoms, persistent avoidance, negative changes in cognition and mood, and increased vigilance.
Medication was used to alleviate and improve these symptoms so that they would not interfere with psychotherapy and allow the patient to maintain daily life as much as possible.
Gu Jun did not have many symptoms, so he did not need to take anti-anxiety drugs. At most, he would take some anti-depressants such as norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors to try to reduce his avoidance symptoms and improve his neuroendocrine system. As for irreversible brain damage, it could only be slowly nursed back to health and see if it could recover on its own.
"The patient needs to rest for a period of time to let his brain recover. Then, we will give him moderate stimulation and slowly increase the dosage. We will examine him regularly to observe the morphological changes in his brain. If there is any improvement, we will try trauma exposure therapy. His treatment cannot be rushed. The treatment time should be set at more than a year, and we need to be prepared … "
Professor Ma was reluctant to say that, but it was his responsibility. "There is a high chance that the patient will not recover. His symptoms will become chronic and can only be controlled for the rest of his life. In the short term, it is not suitable for the patient to engage in abnormal work, and he should avoid related information in his daily life. "
Listening to the diagnosis, Tong Ye and the rest's expression darkened, but they knew that Professor Ma was not being alarmist.
Today, Ah Jun almost had a brain hemorrhage after seeing a few pictures of abnormal things, what else could he do …
"Also, we are worried," Professor Ma added, "This condition will cause him real trauma and cause him to develop more PTSD symptoms."
"I've talked to Ah Jun." Dr. Shen's voice was low. "Indeed, he did not look like he was traumatized during the Mutated Scale Disease incident. In fact, he was more open-minded about many things. However, the results of today's examination depressed him, I can see that. If he can only semi-retire like this, this might become a traumatic experience for him. "
Everyone in the conference room was silent. This situation would be a huge blow to anyone.
Gu Jun was only 22 years old, he had a bright future ahead of him. This era needed people like him and he had his own goals.
Now, after giving everything, even though he escaped death, he had lost his talent and became a 'useless person' …
Of the 27 Mutated Scale Disease patients who died, 9 of them committed suicide after surgery. Most of them were like Xie Yiman, they had a bright future ahead of them, but all of that crumbled in an instant. In terms of PTSD, the suicide of the 9 patients was an act of acute stress. Many of the other patients suffered from related disorders.
Currently, Gu Jun only had the advantage of continuous avoidance but what about the long term?
Changes in brain structure and function would affect one's mental state. If Gu Jun's condition worsened, based on biological and research data, his personality would also undergo a negative change. People with low S value due to PTSD would usually have this kind of negative change.
When that time came, perhaps they would really lose the Phecda Hero forever.
"We have to do our job well." At this moment, the old director said, "The next time there is a crisis, we need someone like Gu Jun to step forward."
Gu Jun could only go on a long holiday. However, abnormal events would not stop happening forever. There would always be a next time.
If that time came, they would have to rely on Gu Jun's ability to trigger illusions to search for clues … that would be impossible.
Actually, when Gu Jun fainted, alarm bells were ringing. Over the past 2 years, it was Gu Jun who made the work at Phecda easier but that should not be the norm. Furthermore, they could not rely on him anymore. Therefore, during this period of time, they had been focusing on the recruitment and training of talents. Their goal was to have 100 or even 1000 Phecda Gu Jun.
"I will once again request for Wang Ruoxiang to return to our Spell Department." Tong Ye grumbled to the group, "And also Deng Ximei. Both of them are good seedlings. Forget about Wu Shiyu, she has the talent but she has no ambition. Phecda University should expand their recruitment and recruit some good seedlings … Regarding Ah Jun … "
Tong Ye sighed. "The kid is lucky to be able to survive with his injuries … I'll go back and tell him about the holiday, this kid …"
The group was silent. That was all they could do for now.
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