APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
DSM-5 Criterion-a-Based Trauma Types in Service Members Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Breanna Grunthal
US Department of Veterans Affairs - Natasha Benfer
VA Boston Healthcare System - Dondanville Katherine
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Sudie Back
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center - Sudie Back
Medical University of South Carolina - Julianne Flanagan
Medical University of South Carolina - Peter Fox
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - John Krystal
Yale University School of Medicine - Donald McGeary
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Carmen McLean
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System - Kristi Pruiksma
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Patricia Resick
Duke University Medical Center - Denise Sloan
VA Boston Healthcare System - Daniel Taylor
University of Arizona - Alan Peterson
South Texas Veterans Health Care System - Alan Peterson
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Brett Litz
Boston University - Brett Litz
VA Boston Healthcare System
Abstract
We categorized descriptions of Criterion A events in a large cohort of treatment-seeking service members with PTSD (N=1,443), using a reliable trauma typing coding system (Stein et al., 2012). Moral injury by others was the most frequent type and all moral injury types were associated with greatest PTSD symptom severity.
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