Meaning of post-traumatic-stress disorder | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“The Readjustment Counseling Service, as “Outreach” is formally called, costs $10 million and serves 50,000 veterans in 91 storefronts nationwide. It has proven the most effective approach⟳ to dealing with the special misery which our most unpopular war visited on those who fought it. It is “post-traumatic-stress disorder” or delayed stress⟳, which produces suicidal urges, nightmares, self-destructive rages and disorientation.”

““You know⟳ a lot about Bradley Chandler,” [Thomas T.] Merrigan told the jury. “You know⟳ that guns were his hobby … there was no premeditation, that he had a paranoid-personality disorder, post-traumatic-stress disorder. You know⟳ that guns were not part of the plan⟳, that Bradley was illusional, irrational, crazy thinking.””

“Pilot’s service focus⟳ is brain disorders/diseases, and each year Pilot Clubs receive⟳ matching grants from Pilot International Foundation to conduct programs and projects that assist those in their communities who are affected by illnesses including Alzheimer’s Disease, traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic-stress disorders, schizophrenia, depression, and similar conditions.”

““What I regret⟳, now that I know⟳ what abuse looks like⟳, is that I didn’t protect⟳ my children,” says Heather, who left Mike for good the day it occurred to her that he wouldn’t be “finished” with her until he killed her. She and the kids have⟳ been in therapy ever since for post-traumatic-stress disorder.”

“The men and women who spend⟳ several hours working scenes like⟳ this investigating and helping victims and their families are at a higher risk⟳ for developing post-traumatic-stress disorder.”

“[Terese Marie] Mailhot receives a diagnosis. She has post-traumatic-stress disorder, an eating disorder and bipolar II.”

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