Post-traumatic stress disorder
Alternative names:
PTSD
Symptoms:
- recurrent distressing memories of the event
- recurrent dreams of the event
- flashback episodes
- inability to recall important aspects of the trauma
- lack of interest in activities
- feelings of detachment
- sense of foreshortened future
- sleeping difficulties
- irritability or outbursts of anger
- difficulty concentrating
- exaggerated startle response
- sense of guilt about the event
Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:
Signs and tests:
Characteristic symptoms that persist after a history of unusual trauma lead to the diagnosis. A psychiatric examination is often done.
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