Post-traumatic stress disorder

Bisson, Jonathan I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-1243 2024. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Kingdon, David, Rowlands, Paul and Stein, George, eds. Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry, Cambridge University Press, pp. 314-323. (10.1017/9781911623861.015)

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Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) cause significant distress to people affected by them. PTSD is one of the few psychiatric conditions that requires exposure to a specific type of event before diagnosis can be made. The ICD-11 definition requires ’extremely threatening or horrific event or series of events’. The core symptoms of ICD-11 PTSD are very much based on fear, but people with additional disturbances in self organisation (including more shame- and guilt-based phenomena) are included in CPTSD. The Covid-19 pandemic has been very traumatic to many people, and a proportion of people have developed PTSD due to the traumatic nature of their experiences during the pandemic. Despite the limited evidence for effective preventative interventions, there is strong evidence for effective psychological and pharmacological treatments. Early detection and treatment is vital to reduce the individual and societal impact of these common mental disorders.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781911623854
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2025 11:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182629

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