An overview of the Peritraumatic Distress Scale
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs when significant intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal symptoms are manifest for at least 1 month following exposure to a traumatic event, with at least 1 month following exposure to a traumatic event, with at least 1 month elapsed betwenn the event and the diagnossis (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, 1994 [DSM-IV]).(1) However, such symptoms are not necessarily manifest in the immediate aftermath of the trauman,(2) nor does their intial presence strongly predict who will develop PTSD.(3) One immediate response to trauma which has been convicingly linked to PTSD symptoms is peritraumatic dissociation.(4) In this poster, we briefly introduce a new scale assessing immediate responses distinct from peritraumatic dissociation, and we examine its power to predict PTSD symptoms.
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