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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Definition Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is primarily caused by human reactions to events outside the realm of ordinary life experience. Domestic and criminal violence, natural disasters, and transportation accidents are major categories of incidents associated with PTSD. Once thought to be experienced primarily by war veterans, PTSD is now known to occur in survivors of sexual, physical or emotional abuse, and in persons who have witnessed a traumatic event.
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