The dimensions of the model, considered in combination, point to some of the complexity of trauma symptoms. But the model does not take into account the differences in severity and life disruption that individuals may experience in response to trauma. Since behavioral symptoms are often most readily observed by others, what does a reduction in symptoms in the other dimensions look like? Change in behavioral symptoms such as compulsive, avoidant, or dissociated behavior, for example, are more easily
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