What is a post traumatic stress disorder?
A post traumatic stress disorder is a specific psychiatric diagnosis that results from the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor involving direct personal experience or witnessing an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury or threat to ones physical integrity. To be given this diagnosis the person’s response to the event must involve intense fear, helplessness or horror; a persistent re-experiencing of the event; a persistent avoidance of the stimuli associated with the trauma and persistent symptoms of increased arousal such as difficultly falling or staying asleep and difficulty concentrating.
Related Questions
- What if I was not physically injured but am suffering emotional trauma such as anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), flashbacks or depression?
- What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and who is most susceptible to it? How is it different from routine combat stress?
- What is the definition for post traumatic stress disorder?
