Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, or rape or who have been threatened with death, sexual violence or serious injury.

Someone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flash backs and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt.

 

Psychotherapy and CBT can help with PTSD.