Saturday, December 22, 2012

Psychological Trauma

One focus of my professional work is PTSD. Below is a graphic that explains this diagnosis. (scroll to the page bottom to view the graphic enlarged)

Hopefully the 2013 DSM-V will have a diagnosis for developmental trauma disorder as many people exposed to a traumatic childhood carry similar stress, anxiety, and symptoms that are interwoven with their developmental process from childhood to adulthood.
 Here is a sample of the diagnosis that the APA is developing. I would like to see it applied to adult clients with a traumatic background as well as to children:


A new diagnosis for childhood trauma?
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar07/diagnosis.aspx
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