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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. PTSD is a condition that can occur after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event where physical harm was threatened or occurred. Some of the characteristics are nightmares or flashbacks, a decline in emotional responses, difficulty sleeping, fatigue, anxiety, and trouble remembering. In most cases PTSD occurs not long after a person has experience a traumatic event but rarely it can take up to years for symptoms to develop.This paper will discuss the side effects and causes of PTSD, treatment options, management and history of PTSD.