The person was exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence, in the following way(s): The following text summarizes the diagnostic criteria: Criterion A: stressor (one required) The criteria below are specific to adults, adolescents, and children older than six years.Īll of the criteria are required for the diagnosis of PTSD. Note that DSM-5 introduced a preschool subtype of PTSD for children ages six years and younger. All of the conditions included in this classification require exposure to a traumatic or stressful event as a diagnostic criterion. PTSD is included in a new category in DSM-5, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association revised the PTSD diagnostic criteria in the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) 1.
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