A diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) requires that the person has been exposed to a traumatic event involving actual or threatened death, serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others, and that the person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror (or in children, disorganized or agitated behavior).

Authors

• Person: Barton S, Karner C, Salih F Organization: NIHR Journals Library
  Diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorders set out in DSM-IV and ICD ...

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• Diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorders set out in DSM-IV and ICD ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Barton S, Karner C, Salih F · NIHR Journals Library via serper

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• PTSD concept
• traumatic event concept