Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Learn what PTSD is, how it can affect the individual suffering with it, and what can be done to help manage it. This course is suitable for everyone.

Introduction

Post-traumatic stress disorder is often referred to in the context of members of the armed forces who experience the disorder after military combat. However, it can apply to anyone who has suffered a trauma of any kind. Look at the following definition.

A condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world.