What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This informational handout provides a client-friendly overview of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and ways to address it.
What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (or ‘PTSD’ for short) is a mental health difficulty that can affect anyone. This tool explains what PTSD is, what can keep it going, and how it can be treated.
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Our ‘What Is … ?’ series is a collection of one-page information handouts for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, handouts in the series describe how it can feel to struggle with a difficulty and are reliable sources of information for your clients. Drawing upon established cognitive behavioral models, each handout has a particular focus on maintaining factors that might prevent the problem from getting better.
What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? is designed to help clients with PTSD to understand more about their condition.
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