TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder & Traumatic Brain Injury A1 - Lewis, Evelyn L. A1 - Bennion, Layne D. A1 - Koshes, Ronald J. A1 - Witter, Jeanette M. A2 - South-Paul, Jeannette E. A2 - Matheny, Samuel C. A2 - Lewis, Evelyn L. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISThe diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) requires that patients screen positive for experiences/symptoms in each of eight categories (Criteria A–H). The patient must meet at least one (or more) of the specified criteria in each category (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition [DSM-5], 2013). For example:Criterion A (one is required): The patient must have or have had “exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence in one (or more) of the following ways:Directly experiencing the traumatic event.Witnessing, in person, the event(s) as it occurred to others.Learning that the traumatic event(s) occurred to a close family member or close friend (where the actual or threatened death was violent or accidental).Experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of the traumatic event(s) (e.g., first responder collecting human remains, police officers repeatedly exposed to details of child abuse).” SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1173719378 ER -