Remembering, o'course, that the DSM-IV was published in 1994 - fifteen years ago - woah boy, there has been a HECK of a lot o' research and rethinking done since then. Back in 1994 PTSD and a whole lot of dissociative disorders had only recently reached mainstream awareness, and there was little that was understood about them.

Fifteen years later there has been a whole lot o' movement since those simple PTSD days.

Check this out:

DSM-V and Beyond

• Edited by Paul F. Dell, John A. O'Neil
• Price: $95.00
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 898
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 20th April 2009
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95785-4

About the Book

Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond is a book that has no real predecessor in the dissociative disorders field. It (1) reports the most recent scientific findings and conceptualizations about dissociation, (2) defines and establishes the boundaries of current knowledge in the dissociative disorders field, (3) identifies and carefully articulates the field’s current points of confusion, gaps in knowledge, and conjectures, (4) clarifies the different aspects and implications of dissociation, and (5) sets forth a research agenda for the next decade. In many respects, Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond both defines and redefines the field.

Table of Contents

blah blah blah ... (interesting, but all too long for here - you can read by follwing the link...)
... Part VIII: Dissociation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Waelde, Silvern, Carlson, Fairbank, Kletter, Dissociation in PTSD. Ginzburg, Butler, Saltzman, Koopman, Dissociative Reactions in PTSD. Ford, Dissociation in Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or Disorders of Extreme Stress Not Otherwise Specified (DESNOS). Part IX: Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Dependence. Zanarini, Jager-Hyman, Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder. Howell, Blizard, Chronic Relational Trauma Disorder: (...blah blah etc etc...)

About the Author(s)

Paul F. Dell, Ph.D., is co-chair of ISSD’s DSM-V Task Force. He is a former Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences of Eastern Virginia Medical School and Director of the Trauma Recovery Center in Norfolk, VA.
John A. O’Neil, M.D., is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD). He is a member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and of the International Psycho-Analytical Association, and is certified in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

( ISSD’s DSM-V Task Force. - those are the guys that are revising the section on dissociative and posttraumatic stress disorders)
i canne wait to see the DSM-V!

http://www.psychoanalysisarena.com/b...n9780415957854

Dang, The table didn't show up in this second link. Highly recommend having a read over this one. It has a table in the article that proposes a structural path for dissociation that includes PTSD, Complex PTSD, and then moves up throught dissociative disorders.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/a/nijenhuis-2004.php