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TAKE THE QUIZ“stress disorder”
The following 2 entries include the term stress disorder.
delayed-stress disorder
nounpost-traumatic stress disorder
noun: a psychological reaction that occurs after experiencing a highly stressing event (as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) outside the range of normal human experience and that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event —abbreviation PTSD compare combat fatigue
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