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Post traumatic stress disorder

Post traumatic stress disorder is a mental illness that some people develop after experiencing traumatic or life-threatening events.

Such events include warfare, rape and other sexual assaults, violent physical attacks, torture, child abuse, natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, and automobile or airplane crashes. People who witness traumatic events may also develop the disorder.

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