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2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

DSM-5 Criterion-a-Based Trauma Types in Service Members Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Clinical Science

  • 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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