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Is PTSD and Separation Anxiety prevalent among African-American street gang members?

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Hi. Your question, 'Is PTSD and Separation Anxiety prevalent among African-American street gang members?' can be answered with a confirmation. Yes, according to Dr. Carol Goguen of The Traumatic Stress Treatment Center (2011), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Separation anxiety are direct results of community violence where gang members are afflicted. Predatory violence and nonfamily interpersonal conflicts results to psyches that damaged by brutal trauma having been exposed to incidences of as well as perpetuation of shootings, stabbings, rapes and ...

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