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Diagnosing PTSD

DSM-IV™ guidelines require that all of the following must be present for a PTSD diagnosis:5

1. The person has experienced, witnessed or learned about an event or events that involve actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others

2. The person’s response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror

3. The person is persistently re-experiencing the event, persistently avoiding stimuli associated with the trauma and experiences a numbing response, and is persistently experiencing hyperarousal symptoms

4. All the symptoms must be present for more than one month

5. The person’s symptoms must be causing significant distress and impairment in daily functioning

The PTSD is specified as: Acute when the symptoms have been experienced less than three months; Chronic when the symptoms have lasted three months or longer; and Delayed when at least six months have passed between the traumatic event and the onset of symptoms.

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