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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This approach is called dual diagnosis treatment and is done to increase the individual's chance of long-term recovery.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

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Schizophrenia? Many were here with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, so common following participation in armed conflict and in some cases, the result of physical or sexual abuse. My night-time agonies were retreating and I could feel a tendency towards recovery. I wondered. I guessed at her diagnosis as well.