The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself. —Taylor Swift
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a relatively common condition, affecting nearly seven percent of people over the course of a lifetime and over 3.5 percent of people in any given year, according to the NIMH from National Comorbidity Survey data. Other estimates suggest even higher rates, more so in at-risk groups. PTSD is more than two times higher in women than men, and PTSD is associated with higher suicide rates.
Fifty to 70 percent of US citizens are expected to experience major trauma in a lifetime, and the estimated costs resulting from trauma amount to over $40 billion a year. The burden of PTSD is great in terms of personal suffering, and the impact on family, community and society from psychosocial and economic perspectives.
[For more on this story by Grant Hilary Brenner MD, FAPA, go to https://www.psychologytoday.co...psychological-trauma]
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