PTSD

Question 1

PTSD DSM-V Criteria

Answer 1

Exposure to potentially traumatic event leading to:

1) Intrusive symptoms
2) Avoidant thoughts and behaviors
3) Negative cognitions and mood
4) Alterations in arousal and reactivity

More specifically:
A) Stressor
B) Intrusion symptoms
C) Avoidance
D) Negative alterations in cognitions and mood
E) Alerations in arousal and reactivity
F) Duration
G) Functional significance
H) Exclusion

SPECIFY IF: dissociative symptoms or delayed expression

Symptoms may start immediately after trauma, full diagnosis is at least 6 months after trauma

Question 2

Comorbidities of PTSD

Answer 2

Depression
Substance use
Dissociative DOs
Somatoform DOs

Question 3

Epidemiology of PTSD

Answer 3

8% lifetime prevalence
10% female
5% male

60-90% of population exposed to trauma
8-20% of exposed develop PTSD

Question 4

PTSD Prognosis

Answer 4

2 years - median time to remission

More than 1/2 of pts with PTSD at 3 years still have it at 10 years