Post-traumatic stress disorder

Mental Health
Vocabulary Term #1186
Noun (thing)
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PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder)
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a disorder that occurs among survivors of severe environmental stress such as a tornado, an airplane crash, or military combat
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"Thousands of soldiers returning from the Gulf War suffered from post traumatic stress disorder so badly that it was impossible for them to go back to a normal life."