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again, i shall try this.

links to CPTSD. if it fits, or works for you, use it. if not, toss. it wasnt long ago homosexuality was a mental illness and bi polar not recognized in children. or anorexia under 16.

as with all pdrs, and mental issues, this is a recognized DX in many circles and not in others. these links explain the diff in PTSD vs CPTSD.

both my Ts have used this for me, CPTSd with bpd traits. i trust them, i am healing and recovering, and this works for me. which is all that matters--is each of us and what works.

Recommended DSM diagnostic criteria, per Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman,.

A history of subjection to totalitarian control over a prolonged period (months to years). Examples include:

Hostages
Prisoners of war
Concentration-camp survivors
Survivors of some religious cults
Persons subjected to totalitarian systems in sexual and domestic life, including:
survivors of domestic battering
childhood physical or sexual abuse
organized sexual exploitation.


http://www.sasian.org/papers/cptsd.htm

http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/ ... _ptsd.html (dept of veteran affairs)

Because results from the DSM-IV Field Trials indicated that 92% of individuals with Complex PTSD/DESNOS also met criteria for PTSD, Complex PTSD was not added as a separate diagnosis. Complex PTSD may indicate a need for special treatment considerations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_po ... s_disorder

A differentiation between the diagnostic categorizations of C-PTSD and that of Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been suggested, as C-PTSD better describes the pervasive negative impact of chronic trauma than does PTSD alone.

As a descriptor, PTSD fails to capture some of the core characteristics of C-PTSD. These elements include psychological fragmentation, the loss of a sense of safety, trust, and self-worth, as well as the tendency to be revictimized, and, most importantly, the loss of a coherent sense of self. It is this loss of a coherent sense of self, and the ensuing symptom profile, that most pointedly differentiates C-PTSD from PTSD.

http://suicideandmentalhealthassociatio ... sdsym.html

In the previous version of DSM (DSM-III) a criterion of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was for the sufferer to have faced a single major life-threatening event; this criterion was present because a) it was thought that PTSD could not be a result of "normal" events such as bereavement, business failure, interpersonal conflict, bullying, harassment, stalking, marital disharmony, working for the emergency services, etc, and b) most of the research on PTSD had been undertaken with people who had suffered a threat to life (eg combat veterans, especially from Vietnam, victims of accident, disaster, and acts of violence).

In DSM-IV the requirement was eased although most mental health practitioners continue to interpret diagnostic criterion A1 as applying only to a single major life-threatening event. There is growing recognition that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can result from many types of emotionally shocking experience including an accumulation of small, individually non-life-threatening events in which case the resultant PTSD is referred to as Complex PTSD


anyways, you get the idea. search yahoo or google, your choice of engines, and there is many links to explore.

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