Synonyms for PTSD
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1. posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSDnoun

   an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images

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   posttraumatic stress disorder

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1. Charles Hoge:

   The study confirms what we know from several decades of PTSD research and clinical care – that war-zone PTSD can at times have a chronic and even lifelong impact, the most important take-home message for Vietnam veterans is that there are many more treatment options available now than when they returned from Vietnam, and it’s never too late to receive treatment.

2. Cynthia García Coll:

   We are devastated at this point, every time this happens we go into PTSD mode.

3. John Leddy:

   All in all, I think it's a good study for helping to predict who is at risk for depression and PTSD after a traumatic brain injury sustained in a car accident or from an assault.

4. Andrew Cuomo:

   If you're a New Yorker, you have a level of PTSD from 9/11.

5. Kathleen Chard:

   The number-one treatment for PTSD is psychotherapy, but so many of our patients have gone past this where they have become depressed, so we need that antidepressant to get them along.