Can Mental Abuse Cause PTSD? | Ask the Therapist
It's a blog post here on psych central.
I took a Mental Health first aid course in October, where it was very clearly stated that PTSD can be diagnosed for anything if the symptoms are present and the person experienced something traumatic - an example that was used was that there are people who have been diagnosed with PTSD after watching footage of 9/11 or school shootings - people who had no family or friends or any connection to those areas or the people physically affected.
So yes. It can be caused by it. The DSM states "actual or threated serious injury". It does not state "actual or threatened PHYSICAL injury".
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