You've missed the most important part of the question I asked-the fact that I didn't remember for years. Amnesia about tramatic events is used as a tool for diagnosising PTSD. And when I did remember, I resupressed the memories I do have for another decade. Plus the fact that when those of us in the over 30 crowd here remember how going to therapy had such a negative connotation for so long. Actually, I've found out the hard way, anything associated with mental health still has a stigma attached to it. And I think that the stigma is what would doom any forced therapy programs from the beginning.

Education about PTSD (and all it entails) is going to be the key. Even if you take words like 'forced' and 'manditory' and find nicer souding uphemisms..you're really just picking fly shit out of pepper. For years no one talked about depression, now they have TV ads telling you 'If you have these symptoms...you might be suffering from depression...see your doctor'. Changes do happen. Once a month where I work, they include a health newsletter (one page-front and back) in our pay statements. In April's there was a section about PTSD. I could have fallen out of my chair when I read it. But it's going to take governments getting off of their collective asses and their wallets and putting out information, TV/radio/any mass media ads about it, offering councelling (another point-who pays for the councelling if it's forced?), and a myriad of others points would need to be covered.

If there's to be change, it's going to be slow. Human's don't like their change quickly. Also, there are a lot of people out their who need help with what falls under the general heading of 'mental health' and who's voices ask for the same thing. PTSD is important to us because it affects us or loved ones. But to someone who has another problem/issue, theirs is just as important.

If we lived in an ideal world, when something traumatic happened to anyone there would be early intervention and help given and, hopefully, this person would go on to live a happy, fully life without PTSD. But we live in the real world and unless a person has access to unlimited funds, it's a much smaller chance of the above happening.

You asked if PTSD was preventable with forced therapy...I still say no. Offering councelling services with qualified doctor's, educating the person about the risks they're taking, getting rid of the stigma attached to mental health. Those would work much better. But the caveat that needs to be put in here is that without the cooperation of the individual who needs to be helped, time and resources are wasted. And those could be used for someone that does want help.

Again...IMO
Lisa