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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder


Post traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition from which nearly 10% of
Americans suffer. It, unlike other afflictions, is associated with a wide
variety of circumstances. Many war veterans suffer from Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder. However, a new group of people are quickly emerging as common suffers
of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-sexually abused children. Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder is a prevalent problem associated with children who are victims of
sexual assault.
Post traumatic Stress Disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder
under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders (DSM-III). The
diagnoses for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder was not formally diagnosed as part
of DSM-III until 1980. According to Famolaro, "the diagnoses of Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder requires: (a) experience of a significant traumatic events; (b)
re-experiencing of the trauma in one of several different thought, emotional, or
behavioral......

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