delayed-stress syndrome
[dih-leyd stres sin-drohm, -druhm]
/ dɪˈleɪd ˈstrɛs ˌsɪn droʊm, -drəm /
NOUN
post-traumatic stress disorder
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Third, the VA has been slow to acknowledge the existence of "delayed stress syndrome," mental illnesses that arise years after their cause has ceased�in this case the war.
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