You surely know then that the vast majority of people in the U.K aren't hospitalised, in fact the majority of people recover from PTSD without therapeutic intervention and most do live in the community, work and manage their condition as part of their daily life. It feels like you're assuming most who have PTSD are so significantly impacted as to be unable to live productive lives and that's simply not the case - the folk you find in hospitals and in online forums like this tend to represent the most enduring cases, not what's normally out there. Are you seeking participants at the less enduring end of the spectrum?It attempts to address everyone who may have suffered - mild or severe, hospitalised or living in the community. I understand that question sounds extreme, but many sufferers do live a large part of their life in hospitals and secure settings - I work in one.
Of course, folk need to be so unwell to get treatment of any sort that I'd probably be considered recovered because I live a good, productive, constructive life, with PTSD.