Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by symptoms that include intense fear, helplessness, and/or horror that a person experiences following an exposure to a traumatic event. The traumatic event can include an actual or threatened death or a threat to oneâs or another personâs physical integrity.
Judicious means âusing good judgement, careful and sensibleâ, as in the judicious use of public investment or the judicious use of pesticides; it should not be confused with judicial, which means ârelating to the administration of justiceâ, as in the judicial system
Synonym Discussion of PERNICIOUS. pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining. baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying.noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind.xamples of PERNICIOUS. 1  More pernicious still has been the acceptance of the author's controversial ideas by the general public. 2  the pernicious effects of jealousy. 3  She thinks television has a pernicious influence on our children.