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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