These are a number of questions that can give an indication of any possible problems with P.T.S.D. and related disorders. If you can answer yes to more than two questions, our professional recommendation is to seek help urgently.
- Have you or a family member witnessed or
- been part of a life threatening event that
- caused intense fear or, helplessness or horror. Yes/No
2 Have you re-experienced the threatening
event in at least one of the following ways.
3. Repeated, Distressing memories and or
dreams. Yes/No
4. Acting or feeling as if the event was
happening again? (Flashbacks or feeling you are reliving it all over again.?) Yes/No
5. Feelings of intense psychical and /or
emotional distress when you are exposed to
things that remind you of the event. Yes/No
6. Have you or a family member changed their sleeping or eating habits suddenly. Yes/No
7. Have you or a family member suddenly
changed their response to any stressful family events, loses their temper easily over minor
events. Yes/No
8. Any family member suddenly changed their
use of alcohol or started using drugs to help
them cope better? Yes/No
9 Have any family member including the
children, changed their ability to learn and cope
with school work or their normal work? Yes/No
These listed questions are taken from the
Diagnostic and Statistical manual Mental
Disorders Fourth Edition. Washington D.C.
American Psychiatric Association. U.S.A.
The full list of questions regarding these anxiety disorders is much more comprehensive than the
list as shown here.
If you an answer yes to 2 or more of the
questions listed above then contact this centre
by email or phone to see what help we could be
able to give you on a urgent basis.
