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physicl inju
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te te
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ny people stuggle silently
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um
fo too long befo
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ssist
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l nd Emotion
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y nely s much
ttention to thei ment
l nd emotion
l injuies f
om c ccidents
s they should. <sp
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ections such
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nd the esulting inju
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l injuies do.
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l injuies follo
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tic stess diso
de (PTSD)
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te<sp
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t t le
st 9 pecent of t
f
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ccident suvivo
s develop<sp
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etment
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ge of 60 pe
cent eceived
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tistics indicte th
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e common thn m
ny people my believe.
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n <sp
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nifest though
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ny symptoms tht c
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ckouts<sp
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fte
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shbck
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ifying
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ess if you <sp
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ny eminde
of the csh<sp
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tionl fe
s of non-h
mful events o
objects<sp
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voidnce of
ny eminde
of the csh, including cs themselves<sp
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ithdl fom f
mily, fiends,
nd coo
kes
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ession nd
nxiety<sp
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m
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shb
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om <sp
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hteve
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t <sp
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t you p
oductivity t
ok
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ppy home life<sp
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tionl
voidnce m
y hinde you
bility to eng
ge in egul
ctivities. These e only some of the potentilly m
jo effects of PTSD on you
life.<sp
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PTSD suffee
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esech <sp
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lso sho
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t of the c ccident su
vivos in t
etment fo
PTSD, 15 pecent
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ed fom
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iving<sp
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nd 27 pecent suffe
ed fom
nxiety disode
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sh
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ill not go y on thei
on.
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um
fte
c
ccident is pticully common in childen.
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epoted
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t bout 34 pe
cent of childen
ho suvive c
ccidents suffe se
ious mentl t
um
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t tum c
n lst
ye o longe
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n hut
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fom
nce <sp
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liztion, f
mily el
tionships, extcuicul ctivities,
nd moe.
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eting You
Mentl T
um
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hy e so mny people
eluctnt to t
et ment
l injuies?
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tuntely,
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ttches
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<sp
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l nd emotion
l te
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hen in e
lity it is just nothe
type of medicl t
et
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t you my need
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de
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l<sp
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ies you cnnot see
ith the eye.<sp
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ing te
tment<sp
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n help PTSD nd ment
l tum suffe
es:
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py
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viol thepy<sp
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tion nd
epocessing
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e thepy<sp
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estuctu
ing<sp
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tic the
py
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tion<sp
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tionl the
py
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docto
ill help dete
mine
h
t t
e
tment is
ight fo
you. The soone
you begin t
ckling <
sp
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l tum f
om youccident, the soone you c
n move fod ith you
life!<sp
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l Tumnd You Leg
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h3>
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ve the ight to file
n insunce clim o
peson
l injuy l
suit to get compens
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thei losses
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nd this<sp
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l te
tment. <sp
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ith the pope
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tion fom
medicl p
ofessionl, y
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y lso get
eimbused fo
mentl
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lth <sp
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etment s
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om the csh s
ell!<sp
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ho to inqui
e bout
LL of you inju
ies<sp
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l nd ment
l<sp
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ke sue you
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ve fo you
medicl costs, lost income, p
in nd suffe
ing. <sp
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oy<sp
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e ill hold
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l <sp
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ss="qot-font4-Times”>eve
ything you tell us bout you
mentl t
um
nd t
etment.
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ho to use medic
l eco
ds, PTSD dignosis, testimony f
om mentl he
lth pofession
ls, nd othe
evidence to pove the ment
l tum ou
clients<sp
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ve suffeed
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elted to ment
l nd emotion
l injuies c
n <sp
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ove<sp
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ignoe them.
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ttoneys
nd legl p
ofessionls
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t <sp
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t J. Guss, tto
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y step of the y <sp
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ith you <sp
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eceive the pyment you dese
ve.<sp
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e n
tionlly
ecognized peson
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nd c ccident l
ye
s ho h
ve potected the
ights of injued victims fo
moe th
n 20 yes. fte
physicl
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