Post-traumatic stress

Each book in this popular series offers practical advice about an illness or condition in a clear and accessible style, written by leading authorities in the field. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to one or more traumatic events. It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma, such as someone's death, a threat to life, serious physical injury, or threat to physical and/or psychological integrity. This book begins with a description of PTSD and other related problems often experienced by survivors, a…