post-traumatic

Psychedelic use has exploded in recent years with a wealth of studies pointing to their potential treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.

He returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder, which was not well understood at the time, and started using drugs to self-medicate.

Currently, scientists "don't know exactly why poor sleep seems to increase vulnerability to things like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder," he says.

His barrister Alisdair Williamson KC told the Court of Appeal that it should consider fresh evidence that his client suffered from complex post-traumatic stress disorder and ADHD.

Nickerson: Obviously post-traumatic stress and trauma are these very complicated, multilayered things, but one thing that we’ve always been interested in is the extent to which people, on a psychological and physiological level, are able to adapt to these different high-stakes, dangerous situations.