Medical Dictionary: Post-traumatic stress syndrome


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Post-traumatic stress syndrome: Another name for Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post-traumatic stress syndrome (condition): Stress following a traumatic event.

Post-traumatic stress syndrome: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that follows a terrifying event. Often, people with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people to whom they were once close. 1

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1. excerpt from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: NWHIC

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