Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. Any condition that develops following some stressful situation or event; such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, withdrawal or lack of concentration.
Usage examples of "post-traumatic stress disorder".
However, the specific APA Manual diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is limited, according to many diagnosticians, to people who have been in serious jeopardy and experienced intense fear, persons who have personally been exposed to possible death and escaped or been intimately involved with a loved one in such a dire situation.
They thought she might be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and they felt she would slowly get better.
I had post-traumatic stress disorder, but the only way I would believe it was to discover it on my own.
She had suffered the clinical consequences of classic stress or triggers for post-traumatic stress disorder: threats to the physical integrity of herself and others.
I had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder among other things.
They exhibit symptoms of a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder.
His condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder and sometimes featured nasty anxiety attacks that left him feeling he could die right there.
Op-Center's staff psychologist Liz Gordon told Rodgers that he was suffering from trauma survivors' syndrome, a form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
This whole ambitious scheme is just an elaborate response to post-traumatic stress disorder.
But then I wasn't certain I wanted to live with a murderess with post-traumatic stress disorder for the length of time it would take me to write an entire novel.