What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
2. Causes
Post-traumatic stress disorder is similar to so many other mental health conditions in that it is difficult to understand the mechanism behind it. However, we do know that certain factors are associated with the condition. Perhaps the most obvious of these is the patient having undergone a harrowing event at some point in their life.
Other potential factors include other mental health conditions, including those that run in the patient’s family. Hormonal imbalances are another potential factor, as are certain inherited personality traits. A combination of these factors, and others, is often thought to be behind cases of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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