PTSD Isn't Just A War Wound; Teens Suffer, Too (AUDIO)

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/17/159023437/ptsd-not-just-war-wound-young-people-suffer-too



Though post-traumatic stress disorder is often associated with war veterans, many sufferers have yet to finish high school.

According to the National Survey of Adolescents, about 4 percent of teenage boys and 6 percent of teenage girls meet the clinical definition of PTSD.

But adolescents can be hard to diagnose.