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This booklet is part of a series on mental health and substance use funded
by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
This booklet has been written for people who use alcohol, tobacco or
other drugs who have gone through a traumatic experience.
It aims to:
• Help explain why people feel the way they do after having gone
through a trauma.
• Give suggestions about things people can do to help recover from
the trauma.
Other booklets in this series and further information on mental health
and substance use are available at
www.ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au