"posttraumatic stress disorder" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: anxiety disorder - a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

subtypes: battle fatigue, combat fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock - a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

has: survivor guilt - a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died

same as: ptsd