PTSD: National Center for PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)

The National Center for PTSD is dedicated to research and education on trauma and PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to an extreme traumatic stress involving direct or indirect threat of death, serious injury or a physical threat. If symptoms last more than a few months, it may be PTSD. The good news is that there are effective treatments.

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