Vulnerability To Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Runs In Families

Earthquakes have aftershocks not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just like veterans of war, earthquake survivors can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. In 1988, a massive earthquake in Armenia killed 17,000 people and destroyed nearly half the town of Gumri.

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Filed under: Anxiety on January 4th, 2009