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Originally Posted by Holdingbacktyrs
I think trauma is a word related to PTSD because trauma is one element of the diagnosis. PTSD is the official diagnosis for medical billing purposes. So really, they are sort of one and the same. The DSM-V does not recognize Complex PTSD though it is real-- it is what I have from long term childhood trauma. Maybe the next revision will.
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it is recognized in the DSM 5 just differently...the diagnostics for PTSD has been expanded on to include most of the diagnostics for complex PTSD. those complex PTSD past diagnostics that were not fitting into this expanded upon PTSD diagnostics (ie having hallucinations/delusions/psychosis due to long term trauma ) now fall under the diagnosis of Other Specified Trauma and stressor related disorders and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorders....
in other words complex PTSD is still in the DSM 5 just new diagnostic labling like many other mental disorders have gone through new diagnostics and labling