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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Exposure to actual/threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence (same exposure types as PTSD Criterion A)
Core criterion B
≥9 of 14 symptoms from: intrusion, negative mood, dissociation, avoidance, arousal clusters
Core criterion C
Duration 3 days to 1 month after trauma exposure
Core criterion D
Clinically significant distress or impairment
Core criterion E
Not attributable to substances or another medical condition; not better explained by brief psychotic disorder
Consistent with [Acute Stress Disorder] [specifier(s)]. In the aftermath of exposure to a traumatic event, there have been intrusion symptoms including recurrent intrusive memories; distressing dreams; flashback-like dissociative reactions; marked psychological distress to trauma cues; negative mood including persistent inability to experience positive emotions; dissociative symptoms including altered sense of reality; inability to recall important aspects of the trauma; avoidance symptoms including avoidance of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings; avoidance of external reminders; and arousal symptoms including sleep disturbance; irritability; hypervigilance; concentration difficulties; exaggerated startle, forming a pattern meeting the threshold of nine or more symptoms across these domains with a duration of at least three days and less than one month. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment, and the disturbance is not better explained by substance effects, a primary medical condition, or another psychiatric disorder.
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