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... An existing IOM committee, the Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic and Psychosocial Effects of DeploymentRelated Stress, was asked to conduct the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment aspects of the study because its expertise was well-suited to the task. The committee was specifically tasked to "review the scientific and medical literature related to the diagnosis and assessment of PTSD, and to review PTSD treatments (including psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy)
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... If those symptoms last for a month or less, they might be indicative of acute stress disorder; however, for a diagnosis of PTSD to be made, the symptoms must be present for at least a month and must cause "clinically significant distress and/or impairment in social, occupational, and/or other important areas of functioning." CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA Although there is a long history of descriptions of posttraumatic syndromes, the modern era of diagnosing PTSD began in 1980 with the introduction of PTSD in the third edition of APA Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III)
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... For example, a patient might present at a health facility with a physical or psychiatric complaint unrelated to PTSD, and it is only during the course of evaluating or treating the patient for the presenting complaint that symptoms of PTSD can be identified and a diagnosis made. In other cases, a patient might present to a mental health professional who is conversant with the diagnosis of PTSD and is better able to elicit a narrative of exposure and symptoms; or a family member or other person familiar with the veteran might seek advice from a health professional about coping with a veteran who might be suffering from PTSD.
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... Types of traumatic stressors related to war include serving in dangerous military roles, such as driving a truck at risk for encountering roadside bombs, patrolling the streets, and searching homes for enemy combatants, suicide attacks, sexual assaults or severe sexual harassment, physical assault, duties involving graves registration, accidents causing serious injuries or death, friendly fire, serving in medical units, killing or injuring someone, seeing someone being killed, injured, or tortured, and being taken hostage.
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... Some of the most widely used interview instruments for diagnosing PTSD are the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) , the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, the PTSD Symptom Scale­Interview Version, the Structured Interview for PTSD, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule IV, and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
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