How to Use post-traumatic stress disorder in a Sentence

post-traumatic stress disorder

noun
  • 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
  • They were treated for post-traumatic stress disorder for over two years.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • For example, among those with post-traumatic stress disorder, guilt is linked to greater severity of PTSD.
    Lynn Bufka, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • There are other good reasons to avoid fireworks, which can stress and frighten pets and people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    oregonlive, 29 June 2022
  • Hall lost part of her spleen and suffers with post-traumatic stress disorder, prosecutors said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Those smears have taken a toll on the bride who was revealed to be suffering from complex post-traumatic stress disorder earlier this month.
    CNN, 26 Oct. 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
  • On his right arm is a semicolon, a common suicide awareness tattoo in the color teal for post-traumatic stress disorder awareness.
    Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Those who have been direct victims of such encounters may also have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and struggle from that, as well.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Many, like her, suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Reuters, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • People have heard of post-traumatic stress disorder, but there’s also post-traumatic growth, Tang said.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The palace announced ahead of the nuptials that Mako was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in the wake of negative media coverage.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • They have both been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and struggle with their mental health.
    New York Times, 13 June 2022
  • The palace said Friday that in response to the coverage, Mako developed complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Peter Landers, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • He was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2009 and suffers from anger and control issues.
    Emily Alvarengacommunity Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • There are struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022
  • He was also enormously affected, as the whole country was, with a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder from the first World War when millions of our sons, fathers and whatever had been killed.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Around 15% of Ukrainian soldiers who have fought there have suffered from some form of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Ms. Voznitsyna.
    WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But because reminders of him triggered her post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Ayana Byrd, Health.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Three firefighters have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder within the past year.
    Ringgold Volunteer Fire and Rescue, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But the funds available from Virginia for Borato to see mental health therapists for her post-traumatic stress disorder quickly dried up.
    Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022

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