创伤后应激障碍症,是指人在遭遇生命威胁、严重伤害、重大打击等异乎寻常的创伤事件后,心理状态出现失衡的后遗症。多数患者有明显社会功能缺损,导致工作或学习、人际交往和社会活动方面的异常。它是一种延迟性、持续性的心理疾病,病程一般持续3个月,有的可达几年。如果患者是儿童,负面影响有可能延续更长时间。 Post-traumatic stress disorder refers to the sequelae of imbalance in the psychological state of a person after encountering life-threatening, serious injuries, major blows and other extraordinary traumatic events. Most patients have significant social impairment, resulting in abnormal work or study, interpersonal and social activities. It is a delayed, persistent mental illness, the duration of the general 3 months, some up to several years. If the patient is a child, the negative impact is likely to last longer.