complex post-traumatic stress disorder
complex post-traumatic stress disorder
A psychological state induced by prolonged psychosocial trauma coupled with disempowerment and an inability to escape one’s situation. While C-PTSD is similar to PTSD, the latter does not account for all of the symptoms of C-PTSD and lacks the component of inescapability and helplessness which characterises C-PTSD.Examples
Sexual abuse (especially of children), physical abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence or torture.