Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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War is not necessarily the cause of post-traumatic stress disorder
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Women may be at increased health risk due to PTSD
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New hope for trauma sufferers with addictions
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Estrogen and female anxiety: Study suggests lower levels can lead to more mood disorders
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Scientists identify new gene linked to PTSD
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Telephone therapy technique brings more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans into mental health treatment
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Patients with disassociative identity disorder do remember separate identity
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Giving phobias a rest: Research suggests key role for sleep in treating anxiety, stress
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Sleep deprivation may reduce risk of PTSD, according to new research
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Veteran, UT Dallas Senior Finds Tools to Battle PTSD
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Improve care for veterans with PTSD: report
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. This event may involve the threat of death to oneself or to someone else, or to one's own or someone else's physical, sexual, or psychological integrity, overwhelming the individual's ability to cope. As an effect of psychological trauma, PTSD is less frequent and more enduring than the more commonly seen acute stress response. Diagnostic symptoms for PTSD include re-experiencing the original trauma(s) through flashbacks or nightmares, avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma, and increased arousal—such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, anger, and hypervigilance. Formal diagnostic criteria (both DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10) require that the symptoms last more than one month and cause significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
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