Does COVID-19 count?: Defining Criterion A trauma for diagnosing PTSD during a global crisis.

Seth D Norrholm Alyson K ZaltaLori ZoellnerAbigail PowersMatthew T TullChristopher ReistPaula P SchnurrFrank WeathersMatthew J Friedman

Published in: Depression and anxiety (2021)

The application of a more liberal interpretation of Criterion A will dilute the PTSD diagnosis, increase heterogeneity, confound case-control research, and create an overall sample pool with varying degrees of risk and vulnerability factors.

Keyphrases

case control
posttraumatic stress disorder
coronavirus disease
social support
sars cov
public health
climate change
single cell
peripheral blood
trauma patients
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
breast cancer risk