1. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Hannah Rauchle and Nicole Piazza

2. What is PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by terrifying physical or emotional trauma that causes the person that survived through the horrible event to have persistent , reminding thoughts, memories and flashbacks of the event.

3. Who does if affect?
PSTD affects all ages and all sex’s. It affects people who survive through a serious event.

4. What is the cause of this disorder?
The causes of the disorder are terrifying events such as:
personal assaults
accidents
military combat
natural disasters
Sexual assaults

5. What are the symptoms? The symptoms include:
Frightening thoughts and memories
Sleep problems
Detachment from others
Easily startled or frightened
Feeling emotionally numb

6. Treatment options
Counseling
Medications
Group treatment
Psychotherapy

7. Resources
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