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In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association revised the PTSD diagnostic criteria in the 5 th edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; 1). PTSD was included in a new category in DSM-5 , Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.
The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) – LEC-5 and Extended Criterion A [Measurement instrument]. Available from http://www.ptsd.va.gov/ Instructions: Listed below are a number of dificult or stressful things that sometimes happen to people.
Exhibit 1.3-4 DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD. Note: The following criteria apply to adults, adolescents, and children older than 6 years. For children 6 years and younger, see the DSM-5 section titled “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for Children 6 Years and Younger” .
DSM-5 pays more atention to the behavioral symptoms that accompany PTSD and proposes four distinct diagnostic clusters instead of three. They are described as re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognitions and mood, and arousal.
Diagnostic criteria for PTSD include a history of exposure to a traumatic event that meets specific stipulations and symptoms from each of four symptom clusters: intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and alterations in arousal and reactivity.
Note: The following criteria apply to adults, adolescents, and children older than 6 years. For children 6 years and younger, see the DSM-5 section titled “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for Children 6 Years and Younger” (APA, 2013a). Directly experiencing the traumatic event(s). Witnessing, in person, the event(s) as it occurred to others.
These criteria apply to adults, adolescents and children older than six. For children six years old and younger, see the DSM-5 section entitled “Post-traumatic Stress Disorder for Children Six Years and Younger” 85.
Some of the diagnostic criteria were updated in DSM-5-TR to capture the experiences and symptoms of children more precisely, one of these involving changes to criterion A.2 for posttraumatic stress disorder in children. The change was approved by the DSM Steering Committee and APA Assembly and Board of Trustees.
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) includes specific elaborations of the gatekeeper criteria, a new category of stressor, an expansion in the number of symptoms, addition of a new subtype of PTSD, and an enlarged
We describe the various changes to the PTSD diagnostic criteria and the corresponding changes to National Center for PTSD measures. We also discuss the implications of the new criteria for assessment of trauma exposure and PTSD.