#CRITERIA FOR DSM 5 PTSD MANUAL#

Several important revisions were made to the PCL in updating it for the DSM-5.Thus, according to the DSM-5, PTSD has been moved out of the anxiety disorders section and moved to a new category identified as “trauma and stressor-related disorders”.

#CRITERIA FOR DSM 5 PTSD MANUAL#

The PTSD was formally recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 3 rd version (DSM-III) in 1980, but its diagnostic criteria have been repeatedly revised in the editions of the DSM. One of the most frequently used PTSD measure is the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL) which has recently undergone substantial revision in the 5 th Edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), developed by Weathers et al, 2013. The most common PTSD symptoms are clustered into a four-dimensional structure: Intrusion/re-experiencing (Criterion B), avoidance (Criterion C), negative alterations in cognition and mood (Criterion D) and alteration in arousal and reactivity (Criterion E). The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event like combat, disaster, assault or sexual violence (Criterion A). Overall, all the results suggest that the four-factor PCL-5 seemed to work adequately for the Greek sample of women after CS. Factor analyses demonstrated acceptable construct validity a comparison of thePCL-5 with the other measures of the same concept showed a good convergent validity of the scale. The data were positively skewed, suggesting that the reported levels of PTSD among our participants were low.

To evaluate the internal reliability of the PCL-5 two different indices of internal consistency were calculated, i.e., Cronbach’s alpha (.97) and Guttman’ssplit-half (.95), demonstrating high reliability level. Measures used in this study were the PCL-5 for DSM-5, the Life Events Checklist (LEC-5), Criteria B, C, D, E, and Criterion A, specifically designed for detection of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in postpartum period. The participating women ( N = 469), who gave birth with emergency and elective CS at the Greek University Hospital of Larisa, have consented to participate in two phases of the survey and completed self-report questionnaires, the 2 nd day after CS and at the 6 th week after CS. The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the revised Posttraumatic Stress Checklist (PCL-5) for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual– 5 th Edition (DSM-5) in Greek postpartum women after Cesarean Section(CS) (emergency-elective).So far, there was no study in Greece assessing psychometric properties of the PCL-5 in women after CS.

Criteria for dsm 5 ptsd