The formal acceptance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a legitimate diagnostic
category in the 1980 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders stimulated a …

In this chapter, we seek to integrate substantive evidence concerning risk and resilience for
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with the special methodological issues that must be …

The study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) began in 1980 with the introduction of the
disorder into the psychological nomenclature following the Vietnam War, and in response to …

Despite substantial theoretical and empirical advances in the field of traumatic stress since
the introduction of the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) into the mental …

Abstract In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev., DSM–
IV–TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Trauma and disaster throw lives into chaos and fill people with the fear of loss, injury, and
death. Although most individuals experience only transitory posttraumatic symptoms, others …

Responses to highly aversive or potentially traumatic events are typically defined in terms of
binary outcomes, most commonly the presence or absence of post-traumatic stress disorder …

The present chapter delineates the authors' conceptualization of how catastrophic events
are processed at an individual level. The model presented emphasizes individual …

For individuals faced with ongoing traumatic stress, a range of adverse reactions are
possible. Carrying over models from acute trauma, developed for soldiers suffering months …

Examines some of the conceptual issues that influence identification and assessment of
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it occurs in the context of life stresses and trauma …