Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2005):

The stressor criterion in PTSD: notes on the genealogy of a problematic construct.

Full Abstract

After a brief historical overview of the genealogy of the stressor criterion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), a clinical example is drawn upon to indicate that there is evidence suggesting that low-magnitude stressors are also capable of producing PTSD symptoms. The diathesis-stress model and the kindling model are discussed as providing possible explanations for this.

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Author information

Author/s: Seidler, Günter H (GH); Wagner, Frank E (FE);

Affiliation: Psychotraumatology Department, Psychosomatics Division, Hospital for Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine, Germany. guenter_seidler(-atsign-)med.uni-heidelberg.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: American journal of psychotherapy (Am J Psychother), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 60 (issue 3) : pp 261-70

Dates: Created 2006/10/27; Completed 2006/11/24;

PMID: 17066757, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult Female Humans Models, Psychological

Models, Psychological Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; psychology Stress, Psychological - psychology Violence - psychology

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