ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder: simplifying diagnosis in trauma populations.
Marylène CloitrePublished in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2021)
ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a new disorder that describes the more complex reactions that are typical of individuals exposed to chronic trauma. The addition of this disorder as distinct from PTSD is expected to provide greater precision in the diagnosis of trauma populations and more personalised and effective treatment.