What Keeps Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Going?
The What Keeps Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Going? handout presents key factors that maintain PTSD.
What Keeps Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Going?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (or ‘PTSD’ for short) is a mental health difficulty that affects many people. This tool describes some of the things that can keep it going.
Overview
The "What Keeps It Going?" series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concise, they provide an easy way for clients to understand at a glance why their disorders persist, and how they might be interrupted.
What Keeps Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Going? is designed to help clients with PTSD understand more about their condition.
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