PTSD info needed?!
Question: PTSD info needed!?
what page is PTSD on in the actual DSM IV-TR not desk reference!?
thanks in advanceWww@Answer-Health@Com
thanks in advanceWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It's coding is 309!.81!. The numbers are in order!. Below is the description!. The big differnce from DSM III is that they added events, previusly it was a single event only!. There are discussions about adding a chronic truama that is not an event!.
From DSM IV:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The patient has experienced or witnessed or was confronted with an unusually traumatic event or events that has both of these elements:
The event(s) involved actual or threatened death or serious physical injury to the patient or to others, and
The patient felt intense fear, horror or helplessness*
The patient repeatedly relives the event in at least 1 of these ways:
Intrusive, distressing recollections (thoughts, images)*
Repeated, distressing dreams*
Through flashbacks, hallucinations or illusions, acts or feels as if the event were recurring (includes experiences that occur when intoxicated or awakening)*
Marked mental distress in reaction to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble the event!.
Physiological reactivity (such as rapid heart beat, elevated blood pressure) in response to these cues
The patient repeatedly avoids the trauma related stimuli and has numbing of general responsiveness (absent before the traumatic event) as shown by 3 or more of:
Tries to avoid thoughts, feelings or conversations concerned with the event
Tries to avoid activities, people or places that recall the event
Cannot recall an important feature of the event
Marked loss of interest or participation in activities important to the patient
Feels detached or isolated from other people
Restriction in ability to love or feel other strong emotions
Feels life will be brief or unfulfilled (lack of marriage, job, children)
At least 2 of the following symptoms of hyperarousal were not present before the traumatic event:
Insomnia (initial or interval)
Irritability
Poor concentration
Hypervigilance
Increased startle response
The above symptoms have lasted longer than one month!.
These symptoms cause clinically important distress or impair work, social or personal functioning!.
Specify whether:
Acute!. Symptoms have lasted less than 3 months
Chronic!. Symptoms have lasted 3 months or longer
With Delayed Onset!. The symptoms did not appear until at least 6 months after the event!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
From DSM IV:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The patient has experienced or witnessed or was confronted with an unusually traumatic event or events that has both of these elements:
The event(s) involved actual or threatened death or serious physical injury to the patient or to others, and
The patient felt intense fear, horror or helplessness*
The patient repeatedly relives the event in at least 1 of these ways:
Intrusive, distressing recollections (thoughts, images)*
Repeated, distressing dreams*
Through flashbacks, hallucinations or illusions, acts or feels as if the event were recurring (includes experiences that occur when intoxicated or awakening)*
Marked mental distress in reaction to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble the event!.
Physiological reactivity (such as rapid heart beat, elevated blood pressure) in response to these cues
The patient repeatedly avoids the trauma related stimuli and has numbing of general responsiveness (absent before the traumatic event) as shown by 3 or more of:
Tries to avoid thoughts, feelings or conversations concerned with the event
Tries to avoid activities, people or places that recall the event
Cannot recall an important feature of the event
Marked loss of interest or participation in activities important to the patient
Feels detached or isolated from other people
Restriction in ability to love or feel other strong emotions
Feels life will be brief or unfulfilled (lack of marriage, job, children)
At least 2 of the following symptoms of hyperarousal were not present before the traumatic event:
Insomnia (initial or interval)
Irritability
Poor concentration
Hypervigilance
Increased startle response
The above symptoms have lasted longer than one month!.
These symptoms cause clinically important distress or impair work, social or personal functioning!.
Specify whether:
Acute!. Symptoms have lasted less than 3 months
Chronic!. Symptoms have lasted 3 months or longer
With Delayed Onset!. The symptoms did not appear until at least 6 months after the event!.Www@Answer-Health@Com