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Can I have PTSD if I've never seen combat?

Dr. Kristy Center, Clinical Psychologist, answers common questions about PTSD.

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So a common thought that I think a lot of Veterans have is,

"I haven't been to combat.

Can I still get this type of treatment?"

I had a woman in my office just the other day who was looking

at the list of symptoms on the internet and thought,

"Wow, this sounds like me, but I haven't been overseas."

Luckily, she called and talked to us about it,

and absolutely, we can treat different types of trauma.

The treatments that we use have been tested on

all sorts of different types of trauma: sexual assault,

physical assault, car accidents, fires, explosions,

in addition to combat.

And so if you're looking at these symptoms

and you think that it sounds like you,

I would urge you to go ahead, go in and just see.

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