Thread:User talk:Danny/PTSD

Conclusion from the study you linked to: Results provide support for a dissociative subtype of PTSD and also suggest that dissociation may play a role in the frequent co-occurrence of PTSD and borderline PD among women. These results are pertinent to the on-going revisions to the DSM and suggest that consideration should be given to incorporating a dissociative subtype into the revised PTSD criteria.

My understanding:
 * 1) PTSD is always PTSD. PTSD of course always have dissociative properties to it such as flashbacks.
 * 2) PTSD as seen on page 148 and 149 in the DR of the DSM-5 is simply PTSD with the dissociative properties of depersonalization and derealization. Which to me is what I think of as PTSD with dissociative aspects since plain old every day PTSD does not have that attribute assigned it in the DSM-5.

What is not in common with what is known as complex PTSD is the etiology which is usually assigned to early childhood trauma. I do with this version were in the DSM-5, but it is not, which is fine since the DSM is not about etiology. It is strictly a manual for diagnosis.

Are we on the same page now?