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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychiatry · Mental Health
Severe
Severity
Common — affects roughly 3.5% of adults annually, higher among those exposed to trauma
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Develops after exposure to a traumatic or life-threatening event
- 2with risk influenced by the severity and duration of the trauma
- 3prior mental health history
- 4lack of social support after the event
- 5and individual biological vulnerability. Repeated or prolonged trauma
- 6such as combat exposure or ongoing abuse
- 7carries a higher risk of developing PTSD than a single isolated incident.
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