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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a severe anxiety disorder characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance to stimuli that induces memories of the trauma, increased arousal, hyper vigilance, anger, and sleep deprivation through insomnia or other disturbances. PTSD occurs in victims that have been through psychological trauma, usually through an event involving death threats to oneself or others. Traumatic events may involve physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, which overwhelms the individual's coping mechanism.

The afflicted suffer from enduring symptoms, often requiring medical intervention to suppress distressful symptoms. A formal diagnosis should be obtained if one or more of the symptoms last more than one month. Post-traumatic stress disorder can cause significant impairment in an individual's social, occupational, and inter-relational aspects of their lives. While commonly associated with war veterans due to its association with bodily fatigue, other victims outside of the military may experience PTSD, including terrorist victims, inmates, mistreated children, whether mentally, physical or sexually abused, survivors of a natural disaster, and individuals who have been bullied.

Causes

• What causes PTSD?

• Traumatic Events that Can Lead to PTSD

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Causes

• What Causes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

• PTSD Causes

• New York Times: Help Guide: What Causes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

• PsychCentral: What Causes PTSD?

• Wellness Directory of Minnesota: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Diagnosis

• American Academy of Family Physicians: Diagnosis and management of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:Identification and Diagnosis

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis Procedure

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder DSM-IV Diagnosis & Criteria

• Forensic Validity of a PTSD Diagnosis

• Diagnostic criteria for 309.81 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosis in Children: Challenges and Promises

• Diagnostic Criteria of PTSD

• Diagnosis and Assessment of PTSD

• F43.1 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (ICD-10)

Public Policy Response

• Overcoming Addiction as a Coping Response to PTSD for Victims of Domestic Violence

• American Combat Veterans of War

• Combat Stress and PTSD: Knowing the Difference

• Combat Stress

• Disaster Mental Health

• PTSD and Natural Disasters (PDF)

• PTSD and Problems with Alcohol Use
  

Management

• Challenges to Recognizing and Managing PTSD in Primary Care (PDF)

• Dog Helps Man Manage PTSD Symptoms

• Smart Phone App Helps Veterans Manage PTSD

• Managing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and School

• Emotional Flashback Management in the Treatment of Complex PTSD

• How to Manage a Flashback (PDF)

• Trauma and Recovery

• How to Cope with PTSD and the Holiday Season

• How to Deal With PTSD After Leaving The Military

• Coping with PTSD
  
  

Epidemiology

• The Epidemiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Disasters

• PTSD: Epidemiology

• Epidemiological Effects and PTSD (PDF)

• The Epidemiology of Trauma, PTSD, and Other Posttrauma Disorders

• PTSD: Epidemiology

• Dissociative Aspects of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Diagnosis

• The Epidemiology of PTSD and Patient Vulnerability Factors (PDF)

• Developing PTSD Risk Assessment Tools Using the World Trade Center (WTC) Outcome Study

History

• A Short History of PTSD: Soldiers Have Always Had A Disturbing Reaction To War

• Backstory: The History of PTSD

• The History of PTSD

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• PTSD Timeline: Centuries of Trauma

• Historic Trauma May Be Causing Today's Health Crisis

• History and Definitions of PTSD

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