Traumatic experiences, ICD‐11 PTSD, ICD‐11 complex PTSD, and the overlap with ICD‐10 diagnoses

Learning from traumatic experiences with brief eclectic psychotherapy for PTSD

Brief eclectic psychotherapy for PTSD (BEPP) is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that combines and integrates elements from psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and directive psychotherapy. Psychoeducation is done jointly with the patient and his or her partner. Exposure, a structured writing task, and memorabilia are used to help patients accessing, feeling and expressing their suppresse...

Validity of PTSD diagnoses in VA administrative data: comparison of VA administrative PTSD diagnoses to self-reported PTSD Checklist scores.

Little research has been done on the validity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnoses that are found in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data, even though they are often used in VA research. We compared PTSD diagnoses found in VA administrative data with PTSD Checklist (PCL) scores self-reported by 4,777 newly diagnosed participants in a national postal survey study....

The Assessment and Treatment of Complex PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) as Metaphor

can be both a specific disorder and a metaphor for all deployment-and stress-related disorders and difficulties. Veterans with severe, or even moderate, and persistent symptoms of PTSD, and everyone who has had professional or personal contact with them, must recognize the suffering and disability it can cause. VA research has led to effective strategies for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilita...

Comparing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primiparous and multiparous women with preeclampsia

Background and Aim: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is one of the anxiety disorders which occur in postpartum period. The prevalence of PTSD – induced by preeclampsia has been already reported as 28%, however no study was found to compare PTSD in primiparous and multiparous women. This study was therefore conducted to compare PTSD in primiparous and multiparous women. Methods: This comparative d...