GC: n
S: RG – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Berthold-Gersons/publication/21672880_Post-traumatic_stress_disorder_The_history_of_a_recent_concept_British_Journal_of_Psychiatry_161_742-748/links/5cd680fb299bf14d9589cadc/Post-traumatic-stress-disorder-The-history-of-a-recent-concept-British-Journal-of-Psychiatry-161-742-748.pdf (last access: 20 April 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182008/ (last access: 20 April 2021).
N: 1. – post-: Word-forming element meaning “after,” from Latin post “behind, after, afterward,” from *pos-ti (source also of Arcadian pos, Doric poti “toward, to, near, close by;” Old Church Slavonic po “behind, after,” pozdu “late;” Lithuanian pas “at, by”), from PIE *apo- (source also of Greek apo “from,” Latin ab “away from”).
– traumatic (adj): 1650s, from French traumatique and directly from Late Latin traumaticus, from Greek traumatikos “pertaining to a wound,” from trauma (genitive traumatos). Psychological sense is from 1889.
– stress (n): Appears in c. 1300, “hardship, adversity, force, pressure,” in part a shortening of Middle English distress (n); in part from Old French estrece “narrowness, oppression,” from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus “tight, compressed, drawn together,” past participle of stringere “draw tight.” The purely psychological sense is attested from 1955.
– disorder (n): 1520s, “lack of regular arrangement;” 1530s, “tumult, disturbance of the peace;” from disorder (v). Meaning “an ailment, a disturbance of the body or mind” is by 1704. It is formed from dis- (word-forming element of Latin origin meaning: 1. “lack of, not” -as in dishonest-; 2. “opposite of, do the opposite of” (as in disallow); 3. “apart, away” -as in discard-, from Old French des– or directly from Latin dis- “apart, asunder, in a different direction, between,” figuratively “not, un-,” also “exceedingly, utterly”; assimilated as dif- before -f- and to di- before most voiced consonants) and order (v) (from c. 1200, ordren, “give order to, to arrange in a row or rank,” from order (n); the term order (n) appears in c. 1200 and comes from Old French ordre “position, estate; rule, regulation; religious order” (11c.), from earlier ordene, from Latin ordinem (nominative ordo) “row, line, rank; series, pattern, arrangement, routine,” originally “a row of threads in a loom,” from Proto-Italic *ordn- “row, order” -source also of ordiri “to begin to weave;” compare primordial-, which is of uncertain origin. Watkins suggests it is a variant of PIE root *ar- “to fit together,” and De Vaan finds this “semantically attractive”).
2. An anxiety disorder that develops in reaction to physical injury or severe mental or emotional distress.
3. Acronym: PTSD.
4. Any situation that a person finds traumatic can cause PTSD. These can include: military combat, violent assault, natural disaster, serious health problems, childbirth experience, etc.
5. PTSD symptoms may start within one month of a traumatic event, but sometimes symptoms may not appear until years after the event. These symptoms cause significant problems in social or work situations and in relationships. They can also interfere with the ability to go about normal daily tasks.
6. PTSD symptoms are generally grouped into four types: intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood, and changes in physical and emotional reactions. Symptoms can vary over time or vary from person to person.
7. F43.1: is the code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.
S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=post+traumatic+stress+disorder, https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=dis-, https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=order (last access: 12 April 2021). 2&3. NIC – https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/post-traumatic-stress-disorder (last access: 14 April 2021). 4. NIC – https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/post-traumatic-stress-disorder (last access: 14 April 2021); NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/overview/ (last access: 14 April 2021). 5&6. MAYOCLIN – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967 (last access: 14 April 2021). 7. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=PTSD&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 April 2021).
SYN: PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic neurosis.
S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=PTSD&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 April 2021).
CR: disorder
