post-traumatic-stress disorder

post-traumatic-stress disorder (usually uncountable, plural post-traumatic-stress disorders)

1. Alternative form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
   • 1981 March 11, Mary McGrory, “A bitter slice for Vietnam vets”, in The Arizona Daily Star, volume 140, number 70, Tucson, Ariz., →ISSN, →OCLC, section A, page 10, column 3:

     The Readjustment Counseling Service, as “Outreach” is formally called, costs $10 million and serves 50,000 veterans in 91 storefronts nationwide. It has proven the most effective approach to dealing with the special misery which our most unpopular war visited on those who fought it. It is “post-traumatic-stress disorder” or delayed stress, which produces suicidal urges, nightmares, self-destructive rages and disorientation.

   • 1987 June 18, Lyndsey Layton, “Jury weighs insanity issue in Chandler murder trial”, in The Recorder, 195th year, number 143, Greenfield, Mass., →OCLC, page 1, column 5:

     “You know a lot about Bradley Chandler,” [Thomas T.] Merrigan told the jury. “You know that guns were his hobby … there was no premeditation, that he had a paranoid-personality disorder, post-traumatic-stress disorder. You know that guns were not part of the plan, that Bradley was illusional, irrational, crazy thinking.”

   • 2011 August 2, “Pilot International holds annual meeting and leadership conference”, in The Enterprise Ledger, Enterprise, Ala.: Media General, →OCLC, page 2A, column 3:

     Pilot’s service focus is brain disorders/diseases, and each year Pilot Clubs receive matching grants from Pilot International Foundation to conduct programs and projects that assist those in their communities who are affected by illnesses including Alzheimer’s Disease, traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic-stress disorders, schizophrenia, depression, and similar conditions.

   • 2016 August 29, Ronnie Polaneczky, “Domestic violence & its lasting impact”, in Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, Pa., →OCLC, page 5, column 1:

     “What I regret, now that I know what abuse looks like, is that I didn’t protect my children,” says Heather, who left Mike for good the day it occurred to her that he wouldn’t be “finished” with her until he killed her. She and the kids have been in therapy ever since for post-traumatic-stress disorder.

   • 2017 February 13, Mary F. Baca, “Support those who serve: First responders especially vulnerable to stress disorder”, in Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, N.M.: Journal Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A9, column 1:

     The men and women who spend several hours working scenes like this investigating and helping victims and their families are at a higher risk for developing post-traumatic-stress disorder.

   • 2018 March 25, Nancy Lord, “In ‘Heart Berries,’ a powerful new indigenous voice breaks old silences”, in Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alas., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B6, column 4:

     [Terese Marie] Mailhot receives a diagnosis. She has post-traumatic-stress disorder, an eating disorder and bipolar II.