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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a reaction to experiencing an
extreme traumatic event, such as the threat of death or serious
physical injury, or watching death or injury to others. Typical
experiences that can lead to PTSD include combat, sexual or physical
assault, serious accident, human-made or natural disasters, incarceration
or torture, and being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
PTSD has three sets of symptoms:
• re-experiencing the trauma (including uncontrollable memories
of the event, nightmares and/or flashbacks).
• avoidance of cues associated with the trauma (which can
include feelings of numbness or detachment).
• increased arousal (including insomnia, irritability, problems
concentrating and hypervigilance).
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