posttraumatic stress disorder

Definitions of posttraumatic stress disorder

1. noun

   an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
   synonyms: PTSD

   types:

   battle fatigue, combat fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock

   a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

   type of:

   anxiety disorder

   a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom