Neurology

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

A person may get post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a kind of anxiety disorder, after worrying about or seeing any horrific experiences. The condition, which has many names and is similar to "shell shock," was first identified in soldiers. However, anxiety disorders may be caused by a wide range of painful situations and are not only identified in soldiers. In certain circumstances, anxiety disorders may also be characterised in the opposite way. For example, delayed PTSD may be used to describe symptoms that appear six months after a traumatic event in a person. Someone may be diagnosed with "complex PTSD" if they had a childhood trauma at a young age or if it persisted for a long period. Birth trauma is another name for an anxiety condition that develops after a shocking birthing experience.