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(redirected from posttraumatic stress disorder)

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Veterans grappling for decades with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk of developing and dying from heart disease than do their peers who don't suffer from the stress ailment, according to a long-term study.
In addition to increased chances of experiencing a psychological condition such as depression, anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Gulf War veterans also were more likely to sustain transportation-related injuries or deaths in the first few years upon return from the war, but not in later years, the committee found.
to provide both a categorical and a continuous measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for diagnostic assessment and symptom severity.
 
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