I don't know specific numbers, but trauma is most definitely under-diagnosed and treated. I've come to believe that anyone who expresses a combination of anxiety and depression to me is probably more likely to have a trauma background than separate anxiety and depression issues. Unfortunately, the client needs to provide a trauma history for an 'official' diagnosis of a traumatic disorder. Also note that the current definition of "trauma" according to the DSM is kind of lousy and doesn't account for many things that you and I would consider traumatic.
Given that, consider how many people are walking around with trauma histories who never show up in a therapist's office and don't consider themselves traumatized.
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Date: 2012-04-16 02:44 pm (UTC)Given that, consider how many people are walking around with trauma histories who never show up in a therapist's office and don't consider themselves traumatized.