DVBCPTS1 ;ALB ISC/THM-ATTACHMENT A FOR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ; 12/27/90 1:06 PM ;;2.7;AMIE;;Apr 10, 1995 EN S PG=0,DVBAX="Attachment A for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" W @IOF,!?(IOM-$L(DVBAX)\2),DVBAX,! S DVBAX="DSM-III-R Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD" W ?(IOM-$L(DVBAX)\2),DVBAX,!!! F I=0:1 S LY=$T(TXT+I) Q:LY["END" W $P(LY,";;",2),! D EN1 G Q ; EN1 F I=0:1 S LY=$T(SECTB+I) Q:LY["END"!(LY="") W $P(LY,";;",2),! I $Y>55 D HD2^DVBCPTCK Q K I,LY,DVBAX Q ; TXT ;;A. The veteran has experienced an event that is outside the range of usual ;;human experience and that would be markedly distressing to almost anyone, ;;e.g., serious threat to one's life or physical integrity; serious threat ;;to one's children, spouse, or other close relatives and friends; sudden ;;destruction of one's home or community; seeing another person who has ;;recently been or being, seriously injured or killed as the result of an ;;accident or physical violence. ;;END ;; SECTB ;; ;;B. The traumatic event is persistently re-experienced in at least one of the ;; following ways: ;; ;; ;; 1. recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event ;; ;; 2. recurrent distressing dreams of the event ;; ;; 3. sudden acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring ;; (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations ;; and dissociative [flashback] episodes, even those that occur upon waking ;; or when intoxicated) ;; ;; 4. intense psychological distress at exposure to events that symbolize or ;; resemble an aspect of the traumatic event, including anniversaries of ;; the trauma. ;; ;;C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma or numbing of ;; general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by ;; at least three of the following: ;; ;; ;; 1. efforts to avoid thoughts or feelings associated with the trauma ;; ;; 2. efforts to avoid activities or situations that arouse recollections ;; of the trauma ;; ;; 3. inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma (psychogenic ;; amnesia) ;; ;; 4. markedly diminished interest in significant activities ;; ;; 5. feeling of detachment or estrangement from others ;; ;; 6. restricted range of affect, e.g., unable to have love feelings ;; ;; 7. sense of a foreshortened future, e.g., does not expect to hava a ;; career, marriage, or children or a long life. ;; ;; ;; ;; ;;D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), ;; as indicated by at least two of the following: ;; ;; ;; 1. difficulty falling or staying asleep ;; ;; 2. irritability or outbursts of anger ;; ;; 3. difficulty concentrating ;; ;; 4. hypervigilance ;; ;; 5. exaggerated startle response ;; ;; 6. physiologic reactivity upon exposure to events that symbolize or ;; resemble an aspect of the traumatic event (e.g., a woman who was ;; raped in an elevator breaks out in a sweat when entering any elevator) ;;END