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post-traumatic stress disorder

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See also: post traumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder

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post-traumatic stress disorder (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) A psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or lack of concentration.
    Synonym: post-traumatic stress syndrome
    • 2009, Kamala Harris, “Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again”, in Smart on Crime‎[1], San Francisco: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 107:
      The evidence says that enormous numbers of children who live in households in high-crime neighborhoods are experiencing the psychological equivalent of battlefield conditions.[...]Studies show that many children who live under these conditions, 30 percent or more, are developing post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, similar to what we used to call “shell shock” in soldiers returning from war.
    • 2021 May 12, Cristina Criddle, “Facebook moderator: ‘Every day was a nightmare’”, in BBC News‎[2]:
      An example of the contract, read out in the committee said: “I understand that exposure to this content may give me post traumatic stress disorder. I will engage in a mandatory wellness coaching session but I understand that those are not conditions and may not be sufficient to prevent my contracting PTSD.”

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