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Does requiring trauma exposure affect rates of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD? Implications for DSM-5.

Philip HylandThanos KaratziasMark ShevlinEoin McElroyMenachem Ben-EzraMarylène CloitreChris R Brewin
Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2020)
Certain non-Criterion A events involving extreme fear and horror should be considered traumatic. The ICD-11 approach of providing clinical guidance rather than a formal definition offers a viable solution to some of the problems associated with the current and previous attempts to define traumatic exposure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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