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PTSD affects more than just veterans - in fact, nearly 70 percent of people have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. It can also lead to other mental health disorders like depression and anxiety.

There is hope for recovery from post traumatic stress disorder when you learn how to spot symptoms like nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, arousal, and other triggers.

In this eye-opening interview, clinical psychologist and PTSD expert Dr. Christina Iglesia shed light on the signs a loved one may have PTSD and how to spot those symptoms.

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Dr. Christina and MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson discuss what the following DSM criteria for PTSD actually look like in an adult, teenager, or child:

1. “A response to a traumatic event that involves intense fear, helplessness, or horror.”
2. "Re-experiencing the event, through... images, thoughts, dreams, even illusions and flashbacks...[and] internal or external cues that resemble or symbolize the trauma.”
3.“Avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma.”
4. “Persistent symptoms of increased arousal.”

Dr. Christina also sheds light on how to help a loved one who is experiencing any of this symptoms, and how to get them on the road to the right treatment.

This video can help you help a loved one who may be suffering from the fear, isolation, hypervigilance, and distrust that can accompany trauma and PTSD.

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