Mind Springs Health offers treatment for Trauma & PTSD at our offices throughout the western slope.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a very common anxiety disorder that develops in some people following frightening, stressful or distressful life events. Once thought of as a soldier’s disease, it affects more than 3,000,000 people of all ages in the US every year. It is characterized by intense fear, helplessness and stress and affects life’s normal functioning.
It is natural to experience fear after a traumatic situation and nearly everyone will experience a rancge of reactions after trauma. Most people recover from initial symptoms naturally, it’s when one continues to experience problems they may be diagnosed with PTSD. Not every traumatized person experiences PTSD and not everyone with PTSD has been through a dangerous event. The National Institue of Mental Health notes that some experiences, like the sudden, unexpected death of a loved one, can also cause PTSD.
Learn how to make the first appointment below and start getting the treatment you or a loved one needs.