Mr. A was an energetic, young and bright sales executive for a multinational corporate body. He was married a couple of years back to the lady he was seeing for last four years. They were blessed with a bonny baby a year after their marriage. On a sunny bright Monday morning while on a business trip his self-driven car landed up in a head-on collision on a national highway. It was a bolt from the blue for this happy family. 

In an unconscious state Mr. A was rushed to a private hospital equipped with all modern facilities. Then it was a long grueling battle for the medical team and Mr. A which spanned for almost one month. Neurosurgical medical and orthopaedic input were provided with physiotherapy back-up. It was a day of great joy for Mr. A and his family when he eventually returned home physically fit to carry on with his normal life ever after. 

Unfortunately, this initial euphoria did not linger. Though initially Mr. A resumed his work but soon started being absent, more often than not, in his office. He started complaining of sleeplessness, having nightmares, at times muttering to self, fearful of driving his car, reclusive, remorseful and irritable. In order to calm his nerves Mr. A resorted to alcohol making the situation even worse.

The medical team was consulted who prescribed him some sedative medicines. The situation worsened as one day Mr. A consumed alcohol along with sleeping tablets which made him unconscious within a couple of hours. 

Luckily for Mr. A this time he was conveyed to our Armenian Church Trauma Centre (ACTC) by a blue-light ambulance. He ‘could be fatal’ respiratory depression was efficiently managed by an expert team of medics here. However, as we believe in holistic patient-care, we wanted to do a root cause analysis in to Mr. A’s presentation. When the problems Mr. A was facing in his post-discharge period from the previous hospital were revealed to us, we wasted no time but referred him to our psychiatric department at ACTC.

Following a psychiatric assessment Mr. A was diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. He was provided with appropriate medications, counseling and psychotherapy. Gradually Mr. A recovered from this ailment and the friends and family appreciated getting back the ‘old’ Mr. A, the one they were acquainted with prior to the road-traffic accident.