New Fact Sheet Provides Information on Trauma Research

Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that some people develop after seeing or living through an event that caused or threatened serious harm or death. Symptoms include flashbacks or bad dreams, emotional numbness, intense guilt or worry, angry outbursts, feeling “on edge,” or avoiding thoughts and situations that remind them of the trauma. In PTSD, these symptoms last at least one month.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Fact Sheet provides helpful information and highlights several important areas that NIMH researchers have recently studied to learn about possible risk factors, treating the disorder, and next steps for PTSD research.

Next Steps
To read Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Fact Sheet, go to www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-research-fact-sheet.cfm.

You can learn more about NIMH research on PTSD by visiting www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/ptsdmenu.cfm.