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Abuse in care can result in a range of injuries including:
Examples of mental injury could include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression.
All of these can potentially be covered by ACC. Being covered means that ACC may pay some of your medical, therapeutic and rehabilitation costs.
Learn more about what injuries ACC coveropen_in_new.
Find out what support ACC might provide.
How long it might take for ACC to process and progress your claim is different depending on your situation the information ACC has.
We have learned from people who have accessed ACC that sometimes it can be quick, and sometimes it can take months or longer.
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