What is PTSD? – Exploring Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

When a person is constantly disturbed by certain past stressful events of his or her life, it is about time that this person should consult a psychiatrist because he or she might be experiencing a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. As defined by Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine (2006), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a “psychiatric disorder characterized by an acute emotional response …