The subcategories of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD include symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and marked ...BarbaraRothbaum,Ph.D.Thispresentationisanexcerptfromtheonlinecourse“ProlongedExposureforPTSD:AComprehensiveGuideforClinicians”.HighlightsTheDSM-5diagnosticcriteriaforPTSDincludesanoutsideevent:thetrauma.Thesubcategoriesincludesymptomsofintrusion,avoidance,negativealterationsincognitionsandmood,andmarkedalterationsinarousalandreactivity.TheDSMsymptomsofPTSDarepartofthenormalresponsetotrauma. TranscriptWelcometovideo2,PTSD:ADisorderofExtinction.First,let’stalkbrieflyabouttheDSM-5PTSDdiagnosticcriteria.PTSDistheonlyanxietydisorder—andyes,IstillconsiderPTSDananxietydisorder—inwhichanexternaleventispartofthediagnosticcriteria.Andthat’sexposuretoactualorthreateneddeath,seriousinjury,sexualviolation,orinoneofthefollowingwayswhichincludes:directlyexperiencingthetraumaticevent,witnessingthetraumaticevent,learningthatithappenedtosomeonethatyoulove,orrepeatedorextremeexposuretoveryaversivedetails.ReferencesDSM5:AmericanPsychiatricAssociation.(2013).Diagnosticandstatisticalmanualofmentaldisorders(DSM-5®).AmericanPsychiatricPub.TherearefivesubcategoriesofsymptomsforPTSD.Thetrauma.CriterionBisintrusion.CriterionCisavoidance.CriterionD,negativealterationsincognitionsandmood.AndcriterionE,markedalterationsinarousalandreactivity.ReferencesDSM5:AmericanPsychiatricAssociation.(2013).Diagnosticandstatisticalmanualofmentaldisorders(DSM-5®).AmericanPsychiatricPub.Thespecificsymptoms,westartwiththere-experiencing.AndthewayIseePTSDisthatsomeoneishauntedbywhathappenedtothemintheirpast.Andthehauntingnaturecomesoutindistressingmemories,distressingdreamsornightmares.Ihadoneyoungwomanwhohatedhernightmaressomuchthatshewouldtrytostayawakeallnightlong,wouldfinallyfallasleepexhaustedabout6a.m.Obviouslynotagoodwaytobeveryfunctionaltherestofherlife.Flashbacksareanothersymptom.Ihadoneveteranwhoreportedgettingtriggeredwhilehewasdrivingonthehighwaya