engleski

Causes, diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)is an anxienty disorder that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, such as accident, disaster, war trauma, violence or abuse, or any situation that seriously threatens the integrity of a person. Stress results from an interaction between the mind and the body. The brain is the organs that determines reaction to stress as it decides on what is stressful and controls biological and physiological responses to stress.

diagnoses; treatment; post-traumatic stress disorder

doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00386.x