Josh Lyman has post-traumatic stress disorder

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"Josh Lyman has post-traumatic stress disorder" refers to the storyline in the television drama *The West Wing* in which the character Josh Lyman struggles with PTSD symptoms following a traumatic shooting, explored in the episode "Noel."

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instanceOf fictional medical condition depiction
television story arc
affectsCharacter Josh Lyman NERFINISHED
appearsInTelevisionSeries The West Wing NERFINISHED
characterPortrayedBy Bradley Whitford NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts post-traumatic stress disorder
depictsConditionIn Josh Lyman NERFINISHED
diagnosedByActor Adam Arkin NERFINISHED
diagnosedByCharacter Dr. Stanley Keyworth NERFINISHED
exploredInEpisode Noel NERFINISHED
firstFullyExploredIn Noel NERFINISHED
genre political drama
influencedDiscussionOf PTSD in popular culture
mental health portrayal on television
language English
medium television
narrativeFunction character development
exploration of workplace stress in politics
narrativeTheme mental health
stigma of psychological treatment
trauma
network NBC
portraysTreatment psychotherapy
use of a trauma specialist
relatedEpisode In Excelsis Deo NERFINISHED
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen NERFINISHED
The Crackpots and These Women NERFINISHED
setIn White House NERFINISHED
showrunner Aaron Sorkin NERFINISHED
symptom difficulty concentrating
emotional outbursts
flashbacks
hypervigilance
irritability
panic attacks
self-destructive behavior
televisionSeason The West Wing season 2 NERFINISHED
timePeriodDepicted late 1990s
triggeringEvent Rosslyn shooting
assassination attempt on President Josiah Bartlet

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Noel protagonistCondition Josh Lyman has post-traumatic stress disorder
subject surface form: Noel (The West Wing)