The Link Between Somatization and Dissociation and PTSD Severity in Veterans Who Sought Help From the IDF Combat Stress Reaction Unit

CONCLUSIONS: While there is direct reference to dissociation in the clinical assessment by PCL or CAPS, there is no such reference to somatization. Highly functioning combatants sometimes express their distress somatically. Our findings suggest regarding severe somatic symptoms as diagnostic criteria for PTSD.PMID:38554277 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usae118
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research