Can CBD help to treat PTSD?

PTSD, is a kind of anxiety disorder that can develop after an experience of trauma in which harm was threatened or a person's physical wellbeing was jeopardised.

These kinds of PTSD-inducing events can include personal assaults, natural or (human-caused) disasters, accidents, acts of murder or violence, or military combat.

A 2016 study on a 10 year old girl suffering from PTSD as a result of sexual abuse found that while pharmaceutical treatments were short-lived and had serious side effects, doses of CBD provided her with long-lasting anxiety relief and a consistent improvement in her ability to sleep.