Is Homeopathy a treatment option for sufferers of PTSD?

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PTSD, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, is a trauma issue that can evolve from the exposure to warfare, combat or terror, and increasing numbers of military personnel exhibit symptoms associated with their experiences during deployment to war zones and engagement during battle.

While PTSD was first exhibited in Vietnam War veterans, it was only acknowledged and classified by the American Psychiatric Association as a mental disorder in 1980.

PTSD is not an occasional state of anxiety, but a mental condition that is defined by distress that prevents people from living a normal life. Characteristic for this type of anxiety and trauma disorder are persistent, overwhelming states of worry and fear. These phases can be disabling, and may appear unmanageable. Panic, phobias, compulsion, and depression may combine, leaving the individual unable to lead a normal life.

Albeit the fact that Homeopathy has, to date, been little investigated for its efficacy in the treatment of PTSD. It has been found to be effective in treating states of anxiety, depression, panic, trauma, fear, irritability, sleeplessness, and mental and physical distress.

It’s nature as a treatment approach that treats the patient on all levels, the spiritual, the mental/emotional and the physical plane, predestines Homeopathy for the treatment of PTSD.

The ‘mind-body’ connection of PTSD symptoms is undoubted as sufferers develop co-morbid complaints to their diagnosis of PTSD, such as chronic physical pain, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disorders and other health issues.

By considering the totality of the patient, taking into account the physical, mental and emotional presentation of complaints, Homeopathy can facilitate the reinstatement of well-being and the recovery of the individual as a whole. Homeopathy is one of the CAM therapies who´s action radius strongly recommends it for the treatment of PTSD.

copyright Uta Mittelstadt 2020

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