DSM-5 criterion-a-based trauma types in service members and veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder.

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In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the assumption of the equipotentiality of traumas ignores potentially unique contexts and consequences of different traumas. Accordingly, Stein et al. (2012) developed a reliable typing scheme in which assessors categorized descriptions of traumatic events into six "types": life threat to self (LTS), life threat to other, aftermath of violence (AV), traumatic loss, moral injury by self (MIS), and moral injury by other (MIO). We extended this research by validating the typing scheme using participant endorsements of type, rather than assesor-based types. We examined the concordance of participant and assesor types, frequency, and validity of participant-based trauma types by examining associations with baseline mental and beh

SUBMITTER: Benfer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10770283 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature