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postcaptivity health problems

health problems that develop after a period of captivity, especially in prisoners of war, and that may include injuries, posttraumatic stress reactions, affective reactions, or a combination of these. Many former captives may show posttraumatic stress disorder in the years following release, sometimes with a delayed onset.

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diethyltryptamine: a synthetic hallucinogen belonging to the indolealkylamine family, to which LSD, psilocin, and DMT also belong.