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Old Jun 14, 2018, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by amandalouise View Post
I see your profile is the USA here is what the USA goes by (and most of the world now since all but a small few now use the DSM 5 standards)...

Criterion H (required): Symptoms are not due to medication, substance use, or other illness.

you can find this here https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional...teria_ptsd.asp

or by visiting your local library reference department. they will be able to show you what the diagnostic criteria in your location is for PTSD since 2013.
I think what they mean is that the drug overdose that scared him and not the drug itself