A new perspective on PTSD symptoms after traumatic vs stressful life events and the role of gender

Background: There is an ongoing debate about the validity of the A1 criterion of PTSD. Whereas the DSM-5 has opted for a more stringent A1 criterion, the ICD-11 will leave it out as a key criterion. Objective: Here we investigated whether formal DSM-IV-TR traumatic (A1) and stressful (non-A1) events...

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Main Authors: Lisa J. M. van den Berg, Marieke S. Tollenaar, Philip Spinhoven, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Bernet M. Elzinga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1380470