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The criterion a problem revisited: Controversies and challenges in defining and measuring psychological trauma

✍ Scribed by Frank W. Weathers; Terence M. Keane

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 156 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-9867
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20210

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Abstract

The Criterion A problem in the field of traumatic stress refers to the stressor criterion for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and involves a number of fundamental issues regarding the definition and measurement of psychological trauma. These issues first emerged with the introduction of PTSD as a diagnostic category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM‐III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980) and continue to generate considerable controversy. In this article, the authors provide an update on the Criterion A problem, with particular emphasis on the evolution of the DSM definition of the stressor criterion and the ongoing debate regarding broad versus narrow conceptualizations of traumatic events.

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With great interest I have read the recent article by Weathers and Keane (2007) on the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) A-Criterion. The authors give a brilliant overview of this widespread debate and review the relevant arguments comprehensibly. Yet I feel that they hesitated to some extent in