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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Information on Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a set of reactions that can develop in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event that threatens their life or safety (or of others around them). This could be a car or other serious accident, physical or sexual assault, war-related events or torture, or a natural disaster such as a bushfire or flood.
- Organisation:
- Victorian Department of Health
- Topic:
- Mental health, Stress
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- VIC
- Published:
- September 2022
- Last reviewed:
- September 2023
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