[crystalrose]

So i was reading on the blogs area and someone has blogged about the dsmv draft being released tomorrow. I wonder if it will put anything in there about c-ptsd.

Because I have been dx with c-ptsd.

[deliquesce]

i think the general consensus at the moment is that they don't have a reliable diagnostic tool to separate out cases of c-ptsd from ptsd, so c-ptsd has been put on the backburner as a "Further research" topic. maybe it'll pop up in the dsm-vi.

[skeksi]

I was curious about it, too. I glanced at the proposed criteria today and it looks, to me, like they added some of what we call CPTSD to the diagnositc criteria, like negative perceptions of self & world, blame, negative emotional states, and detachment.

I know this is a contentious subject for many people. If this is what they are moving towards for the DSM V, it seems like an expanded understanding of PTSD that integrates more of the effects we know come from chronic trauma.