How to Use post-traumatic stress disorder in a Sentence

post-traumatic stress disorder

noun
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  • So are veterans who served in the Navy or Marines, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Dana Montalto, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • One of the elements that appealed to me was that idea of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Riley was shot in the neck, the suit says, and both girls are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 9 Dec. 2021
  • There are two main types of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2021
  • They were treated for post-traumatic stress disorder for over two years.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Half of them, like McKinnon, lived with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Erika Hayasaki, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Thanks to post-traumatic stress disorder, Parsons had a hair-trigger temper and didn’t want to be around people.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Life hasn’t been easy since Ulrich left public office in 2006 to spend more time with Fowler, who was grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder from the war.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
  • Some have left the department citing post-traumatic stress disorder from the unrest after Floyd’s death and due to low morale within the ranks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Helen Khuri’s mother found a specialist to help her when the 19-year-old’s post-traumatic stress disorder flared up last spring.
    — Tom Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The war stayed with the onetime infantryman in the form of a traumatic brain injury, chronic neck and back pain, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2020
  • At the time, Mr. Osthoff, 47, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and living in a tent, Mr. Boll said.
    — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Of those who have survived, many still deal with varying degrees of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
  • For help with post-traumatic stress disorder or other mental health issues, find a list of resources at cityofparkland.org/mentalwellness.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Schluterman’s refuge from post-traumatic stress disorder was staying home with her husband and four boys.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 19 June 2021
  • For example, among those with post-traumatic stress disorder, guilt is linked to greater severity of PTSD.
    — Lynn Bufka, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2022
  • But that was a lifetime ago, before two shootings seven years apart left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Teachers who are trained to address the mental health needs of the refugees, who may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, are another.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Moore has had his own struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, brought on by the residual trauama from his time deployed.
    — Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Gardner served two tours in Iraq and had long suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, his attorneys said.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The gymnast Aly Raisman has described her efforts to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • Crump said his client suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • And leaving Keef with a serious case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The researchers now hope that their work can guide therapies for certain phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2020
  • Lewis, a 45-year-old from Concord, N.H., has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • Kristen has bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder and has been in and out of hospitals for years.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The family now all suffers symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and no longer trusts the police, according to the lawsuit.
    — Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In late May, 24-year-old Nadia Whittome shared that she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — Katie Hawkins-Gaar, CNN, 10 June 2021
  • In the months since the crash, family and friends grieved and tried to find ways to honor Megan Lopez, who worked with autistic children and hoped to help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Svoboda is right to portray this problem as a moral one rather than another instance of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression.
    — Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023

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