PTSD

Question 1

Criteria I

Answer 1

Exposure to a traumatic event that (a) involved the direct personal experience or witnessing and (b) elicited a response involving intense fear, helplessness, or horror.

Question 2

Criteria II

Answer 2

Persistent **re-experiencing **of traumatic event

Question 3

Criteria III

Answer 3

Pesistance **avoidance **stimuli associated with trauma and generalized **numbing for responsiveness **

Question 4

Criteria IV

Answer 4

Persistent symptoms, at least 2 - difficulty falling or staying asleep, irritability, outburst of anger, difficulty concentrating

Question 5

Criteria V

Answer 5

Symptoms present for at least **1 month **and cause significan impairment

Question 6

Specifiers

Answer 6

• **Acute - ** less than 3 months
• **Chronic **- 3 months or more.
• Delayed Onset - At least **6 months **after stressor

Question 7

Differential with Acute Stress Disorder

Answer 7

**Acute **has an onset within 4 weeks and at least 2 days of symptoms.