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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, serious accidents, or physical or sexual abuse. PTSD causes symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance of reminders of the event, and increased anxiety that can negatively impact relationships and social interactions. Treatments include psychotherapy, medication, and antidepressants to help manage symptoms.

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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, serious accidents, or physical or sexual abuse. PTSD causes symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance of reminders of the event, and increased anxiety that can negatively impact relationships and social interactions. Treatments include psychotherapy, medication, and antidepressants to help manage symptoms.

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    PTSD

    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder


    CASSANDRIA
    DASHARA
    SOKHNA
    SHAHIEM

    What is PTSD?
    A psychiatric (mental illness or treatments) that occur the
    following
    experience or witnessing of a life threating events
    such as

    Military combat

    Natural disasters

    Terrorist incidents

    Serious accidents

    Physical or Sexual incidents


    in adult or child hood

    Causes

    You can develop post-traumatic stress disorder when you go


    through, see or learn about an event involving actual or
    threatened death, serious injury or sexual violation.

    Symptoms
    The symptoms of PTSD can come suddenly, gradually or come and
    increase over time. Sometime symptoms appear out of the blue. At
    other times , they are triggered by something that signals you off
    the original traumatic event for example ,

    A noise, music

    An image

    Certain words

    A Smells

    How it effects a person life


    PTSD

    can make
    somebody hard to be
    with. Living with
    someone who is
    easily startled, has
    nightmares, and
    often avoids social
    situations can take a
    toll on the most
    caring family.

    Treatments
    Psychotherapy
    Medication
    Antidepressants
    Sertraline

    (Zoloft)

    Paroxetine(Paxil)

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