Originally Answered: What personality disorders are common in children with narcissistic parents? Narcissism is contagious, psychologically speaking, so the child of narcissistic parents can end up entangled in the parentsâ predicament.
PTSD facts. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an emotional illness that was first formally diagnosed in soldiers and war veterans and is usually caused by terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experiences but can also be caused by devastating life events like unemployment or divorce.
Post-traumatic Stress (PTS) and PTSD in the Cancer Setting. A timely and careful assessment of patients with cancer is critical to identify the symptoms of cancer-related PTS, to note the deleterious impact of the symptoms on functioning, and to plan interventions targeted at the most distressing symptoms.