November 28, 2006
The damaging effect of war
The soldiers returning from the war in Iraq may be well physically, however, most people who survived the war are at risk of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD).
PTSD is characterised by the development of a long-lasting anxiety response following a traumatic or catastrophic event. Typically individual experiences or witnesses a traumatic event such as actual or threatened death, serious injury to oneself or another person, or a threat to the personal intergrity of oneself or others. The individual’s response involves helplessness, intense fear, or horror.
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