| post-traumatic stress disorder |
(PTSD). A condition that can occur after exposure to a terrifying event, most often characterised by the repeated re-experience of the ordeal in the form of frightening, intrusive memories, and brings on hypervigilance and deadening of normal emotions.
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
a psychological disturbance or anxiety that can occur after traumas, such as violent incidents, war, etc. An under-recognized malady in childbirth, it can affect women who have had traumatic or very difficult births. Flashbacks, depression/anxiety, hypervigilance, etc. are symptoms; it is sometimes misdiagnosed in post-partum women as simply Post-Partum Depression and women may not receive sufficient treatment for it.
Ãâó: www.plus-size-pregnancy.org/gd/gdglossary.htm
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
A type of anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive memories of a traumatic or highly stressful event, often characterized by nightmares, flashbacks, depression, hopelessness and loss of interest in activities.
Ãâó: www.schizophrenicpen.com/def2.html
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
A disorder that develops after a person experiences and extremely psychologically distressing event.
Ãâó: www.snowdenmentalhealth.com/glossary.mgi
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
a debilitating condition that often follows a terrifying physical or emotional event causing the person who survived the event to have persistent, frightening thoughts and memories, or flashbacks, of the ordeal. Persons with PTSD often feel chronically, emotionally numb. Once referred to as "shell shock" or "battle fatigue."
Ãâó: www.frankfordhospitals.org/healthinfo/adult/mental...
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