The Many Aspects of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• By: JoAnn Difede, PhD Melissa Peskin, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College
• January 1st, 2013
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that may develop in individuals who have experienced or witnessed an event that involves threatened death or serious injury, such as military combat, physical or sexual assault, natural disaster, terrorist attack, or motor vehicle...