Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Overview

PTSD develops after trauma with re-experiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal lasting >1 month.

Symptoms

• •Flashbacks
• •Nightmares
• •Avoidance
• •Hypervigilance

Stages

Diagnosis

• ✓DSM-5: exposure + 4 symptom clusters
• ✓PCL-5
• ✓CAPS-5

Treatments

• →Trauma-focused CBT
• →EMDR
• →SSRI (sertraline)
• →Prazosin (nightmares)

Risk Factors