Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a condition that causes the subject great distress including reliving a traumatic event. PTSD can come about as a result of experiences with many horrific situations including: rape war natural disasters abuse serious accidents or from observing or hearing of a violent or catastrophic incident Substance abuse frequently [...]
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Posted in Substance Abuse, Women's Issues on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sexual Abuse
Posted in Substance Abuse, Women's Issues on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Women are five times more likely than men to have suffered from abuse as a child. It is no wonder, therefore, that many women who enter treatment list sexual abuse as one of the contributory issues to their substance abuse. Further compounding the problem is that this abuse is perpetrated by a family member about [...]
