Journal of Marine Medical Society (Jan 2015)

Clinical profile of a patient with post traumatic stress disorder

  • H S Dhillon,
  • Nikhil A Singh,
  • K J Divinakumar,
  • P S Bhat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-3605.203708
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 2
pp. 160 – 162

Abstract

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PTSD is a common psychiatric disorder that appears in a genetically predisposed individual after being exposed to a catastrophic life threatening event characterized by reliving of the memories, marked avoidance, hyperarousal and emotional numbing. This is a case report of a 35 years old serving soldier with who presented with classical symptoms of PTSD.

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