Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric illness that can occur when an person is subjected to a traumatic incident, such as sexual harassment, fighting, traffic accidents, child violence, or other life-threats. Symptoms may involve unsettling thoughts, feelings.

We know the wounds of war are not limited to the field of battle. Refugees from conflict zones also tend to suffer long-term trauma from persecution, detention, torture and resettlement. Thus, understanding the challenges faced by the refugee families and communities is relevant. The piece discusses several post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Whatever the ethnic or cultural context, psychological trauma from war is detrimental to refugee children and adults. Refugees may feel a sense of desperation and helplessness. Post-traumatic stress disorder and related symptoms of depression, anxiety, inattention, sleeping problems, nightmares and remorse for survival are the most common mental health problem for refugees.

Completing this model in 1947, Kardiner and Spiegel found the risk of an overflowing or overwhelming reaction. If the soldier turns his fear against himself, or if he withdraws from the group's support, he won't be able to handle the stress created by the battles. In the less desirable cases his fear of the danger is compounded by his anxiety

After a residual period of several months after the demobilization, the post-Vietnam syndrome included feelings of remorse for the dead friends, the sensation of being scapegoats in this battle, exposure to aggressiveness, the feeling of becoming a hate and killing machine, the lack of some dignity and some feeling of condolence.

People can be subjected to several different stressful incidents during the war. This increases the risk of experiencing mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression.

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