PTSD or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a treatable anxiety disorder affecting around 3 million Australians at some time in their lives.
It happens when fear, anxiety and memories of a traumatic event don't go away. The feelings last for a long time and interfere with how people cope with everyday life.
But what are the symptoms of PTSD? Who is most at risk and what are the warning signs?
I speak with psychologist Janja Bojanic to help unravel some of the causes, stigma and work being done to help sufferers.
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05/07/23 • 32 min
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BRAINSTORM - PTSD Research & Treatment
Transcript
Thank you Guy. Thanks for having me.
Yeah. Ah, well, so I, um, did a Bachelor of Social Science Psychology, what feels like a millennium ago. Um, Mainly because I, I've always been interested in human behavior and, , the Bachelor of Social Science degree allowed me to do sociology and criminology and psychology. But I really psychology really resonated with me.
So I actually went back and did a full bachelor of psychology because, I really wanted to make sure I had a good grounding and
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