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Post-traumatic stress disorder: a psychiatric defense.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|February 1, 1986
Summary
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder resulting from significant stressors. This review explores PTSD
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Legal Medicine
Background:
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified as an anxiety disorder in the DSM-III.
- Historically, military contexts referred to PTSD using terms like "war neurosis" or "shell shock."