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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an [[anxiety disorder]] that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.<ref name="NIHonPTSD">[http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml National Institute of Mental Health, US National Institutes of Health]</ref> It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme [[psychological trauma]].<ref name="surgeon42">{{cite book | year=1999| chapter=Chapter 4.2 | author=[[David Satcher]] et al.| title='''Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General'''| url=http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter4/sec2.html}}</ref> This stressor may involve someone's actual death or a threat to the patient's or someone else's life, serious physical injury, or threat to physical and/or psychological integrity, to a degree that usual [[defense mechanism|psychological defenses]] are incapable of [[Coping (psychology)|coping]]. | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an [[anxiety disorder]] that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.<ref name="NIHonPTSD">[http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml National Institute of Mental Health, US National Institutes of Health]</ref> It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme [[psychological trauma]].<ref name="surgeon42">{{cite book | year=1999| chapter=Chapter 4.2 | author=[[David Satcher]] et al.| title='''Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General'''| url=http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter4/sec2.html}}</ref> This stressor may involve someone's actual death or a threat to the patient's or someone else's life, serious physical injury, or threat to physical and/or psychological integrity, to a degree that usual [[defense mechanism|psychological defenses]] are incapable of [[Coping (psychology)|coping]]. | ||
It is important to make a distinction between PTSD and [[Traumatic stress]], which is a similar condition, but of less intensity and duration.<ref>[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]</ref> The condition has also been known historically or colloquially as shell shock, traumatic war neurosis, or post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS). | It is important to make a distinction between PTSD and [[Traumatic stress]], which is a similar condition, but of less intensity and duration.<ref>[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]</ref> The condition has also been known historically or colloquially as shell shock, traumatic war neurosis, or post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS). | ||
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Revision as of 16:31, 17 April 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.[1] It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma.[2] This stressor may involve someone's actual death or a threat to the patient's or someone else's life, serious physical injury, or threat to physical and/or psychological integrity, to a degree that usual psychological defenses are incapable of coping. It is important to make a distinction between PTSD and Traumatic stress, which is a similar condition, but of less intensity and duration.[3] The condition has also been known historically or colloquially as shell shock, traumatic war neurosis, or post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS).