Victims of human trafficking often experience severe and long-lasting mental and physical trauma, according to the document. Mentally, they may develop post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and lose trust in others as a result of the psychological trauma from the extreme stress of their experience. Physically, sex trafficking victims are at high risk of disease, infection, and physical abuse, while labor trafficking victims face injuries from dangerous working conditions. Both forms of trafficking can permanently damage victims' health.