posttraumatic stress disorder
a mental disorder, as battle fatigue, occurring after a traumatic event outside the range of usual human experience, and characterized by symptoms such as reliving the event, reduced involvement with others, and manifestations of autonomic arousal such as hyperalertness and exaggerated startle response. Abbreviation: PTSD
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How to use posttraumatic stress disorder in a sentence
Still recuperating from life-threatening injuries and posttraumatic stress disorder, he’d found himself increasingly isolated.
posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury have been called the wars' signature injuries.
From PTSD to Prison: Why Veterans Become Criminals | Matthew Wolfe | July 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI was set to soon go off to Fort Thomas, Kentucky, for PTSD therapy (posttraumatic stress disorder, of course).
Send Bin Laden the Bill: Dakota Meyer on His Return From Afghanistan | Dakota Meyer | September 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTposttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is the most common mental injury suffered by Iraq War veterans.
Army Vet: Government and the Country Need to Support Vets in War and in Peace | Lee W. Berry IV | March 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn April, a clinical psychologist diagnosed her with posttraumatic stress disorder.
British Dictionary definitions for post-traumatic stress disorder
a psychological condition, characterized by anxiety, withdrawal, and a proneness to physical illness, that may follow a traumatic experience: Abbreviation: PTSD
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Scientific definitions for posttraumatic stress disorder
[ pōst′trô-măt′ĭk, -trou- ]
A psychological disorder affecting individuals who have experienced or witnessed profoundly traumatic events, such as torture, murder, rape, or wartime combat, characterized by recurrent flashbacks of the traumatic event, nightmares, irritability, anxiety, fatigue, forgetfulness, and social withdrawal.
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Cultural definitions for posttraumatic stress disorder
A psychological disorder in which a person continues to respond with distress to a traumatic event long after that event has occurred. The affected person may reexperience the event in their thoughts or dreams and exhibit a heightened state of arousal characteristic of extreme stress. Combat and rape are two of the most common causes of this disorder.
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