Treating Mental Trauma After an Injury Accident
All injury accidents have the ability to cause significant mental trauma. Simply because you were in an accident and didn’t sustain physical bodily harm does not always mean that your mental state is stable and healthy. It is not uncommon when mental trauma is suffered for the internal grief and distress to be much harder to overcome and much deeper than the pain and healing that come with physical injuries.
Psychological trauma, especially if left alone and not treated, can persist over the long term and even become worse as time goes by. In some cases, the mental toll that someone who was traumatized after an injury accident experiences can be so immense it is debilitating.
It is important that individuals who are experiencing any of the following symptoms after an accident seek professional medical assistance because they may be suffering from a mental health issue:
- Problems sleeping
- Changes in mood and behavior
- Becoming less social
- Night terrors
- Unrelenting feelings of being scared or distressed and anxious
- Overwhelming feelings of sadness and detachment from daily life and others
- Flashbacks of the accident
- Aversions to stimuli like surroundings, sound, or smell
- Fear when driving or even riding as a passenger in a car
Don’t Wait to See a Doctor for Mental Trauma After an Accident
Like physical injuries, the sooner there is a proper diagnosis of a mental health condition, and a treatment plan is set, the more likely it is that a full recovery can be possible in the shortest amount of time. As a result, if you are experiencing abnormal symptoms that affect your life negatively, you should not delay seeing a qualified medical professional.
Treating mental health conditions can be complicated, and several forms of therapy may be necessary. Each person’s treatment plan will vary because what works for one individual suffering from mental trauma won’t always be effective for another person, even if the treatment is for the same condition.
Treatment can include any or a combination of the following:
- Prescription medications
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Cognitive Therapy
- Prolonged Exposure
- Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
Obtaining the right course of treatment can be very costly, and it may take a considerable amount of time to help a person suffering from a mental health condition get to the point where they can manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life. As a result, making sure that a personal injury claim accounts for the entirety of the costs of mental health treatment is imperative. In addition, Oregon PIP policies are required to pay for mental counseling or treatment if it is reasonably related to and necessary to address a condition that a car crash caused. A Portland brain injury attorney at the Rosenbaum Law Group can assess your case to determine what fair compensation should be for the mental trauma you sustained.
Speak to an Oregon Brain Injury Attorney Today
Compensation for mental trauma is possible after an injury accident caused by another party’s negligence.
If you would like assistance with an injury accident claim in Oregon that includes mental trauma damages, please call the experienced Portland personal injury lawyers at the Rosenbaum Law Group today at (503) 288-8000. Initial consultations are complimentary.
