Living with Trauma: Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by xyz

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health problem associated with substantial psychiatric morbidity. The belief was that an age of worldwide prosperity began with the new millennium. 

    Only a few years, aged people spoke of peace. PTSD was first introduced in the third edition of DSM in 1980, and since, there has been a burgeoning amount of literature on this topic. There have been substantial changes in the criteria for PTSD in the DSM-5. PTSD has been removed from the "anxiety disorders" chapter and moved to a new branch called " Trauma- and Stress-Related Disorders."

    The disorder leads to impairment of the ability to function in society or family: family discord and difficulties in parenting. PTSD can be severe enough and last long to impair the person's daily life. And, in the extreme, lead the patient to suicidal tendencies. With proper treatment and lifestyle changes, those struggling with PTSD can lead happy, productive lives. If left untreated, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms can negatively impact children's and adolescents' lives. These impacts will probably persist thro6 adulthood with them. These unfavorable impacts might take several forms; effects can include Suicidal thoughts, behaviors, Self-harm, Inability to trust others, and Low Self-esteem.

    Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric disorder that results from the experience of witnessing traumatic or life-threatening events such as terrorist attacks, violent crime, and abuse or violent personal Assaults.

Reference:

Javier Iribarren, Paolo Prolo, Negoita Neagos, Francesco Chiappelli, "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence-Based Research for the Third Millennium," Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2, Article ID 938567, 10 pages, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh127