PTSD Becomes (More) Complex in the DSM-5: Part 1

The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has undergone much more than a minor tweaking or superficial facelift in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. This guidebook to psychiatric diagnoses, released in May, now defines PTSD as a trauma and stressor-related disorder, not a disorder primarily of anxiety alone.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Anxiety Neuroscience Psychiatry Stress adaptations American Psychiatric Association behavior relationships body functions brain chronic anxiety clinicians doi dsm 5 facelift intense stress posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD Source Type: news