What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
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Hayley Sherwood
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Reston Psychological Center, P.C.
www.restonpsych.com
(703) 437-3236
hsherwood@hotmail.com
Dr. Sherwood is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice at Reston Psychological Center, P.C., in Reston, Virginia. She specializes in parenting, family, and women's issues. She has extensive experience with clients with a variety of emotional and behavioral difficulties in clinical, community, and school settings. Dr. Sherwood received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 2000. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Virginia Psychological Association, the Northern Virginia Society of Clinical Psychologists, and the National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology.
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Host: What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?
Dr. Hayley Sherwood: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or an ordeal, in which serious physical harm occurred or was threatened. The person who develops PTSD maybe the one who was harmed or one who witnessed a harmful event or the harm may have happened to a loved one. People with PTSD may startle easily, feel emotionally numb, lose interest in things they previously enjoyed, have trouble feeling affectionate, be irritable, become aggressive or violent, avoid the situation that remind them of the event or experience flashbacks in which they repeatedly relive the event during the day or in nightmares.
PTSD symptoms usually begin within three months of the incident, but occasionally emerge years afterward. They must last more than one month to be considered PTSD. The course of PTSD varies. Some people recover within six months while others have symptoms that last much longer or become chronic. 1
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