Self-Medicating for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Trauma & PTSDBy Promises Behavioral HealthAugust 16, 2012Post-traumatic stress disorder (also referred to as PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that changes the body’s ability to respond to stress. It may arise following involvement in something highly traumatic involving the threat of injury or death, or the witnessing of a traumatizing event. PTSD is common among soldiers returning from combat, but may also…
