The Methodological Problem of Identifying Criterion A Traumatic Events During the COVID-19 Era: A Commentary on Karatzias et al. (2020).
J Trauma Stress
; 33(5): 864-865, 2020 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1196547
ABSTRACT
A recent study published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress demonstrated that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates in Ireland are as high as 17.7% and that this could be related to the COVID-19 pandemic (Karatzias et al., 2020). However, this number is probably skewed, as the fundamental requirement for a PTSD diagnosis-namely, a life-threatening or severely stressful event-was not fulfilled. In this comment, the consideration of COVID-19-related PTSD to represent a diagnosis is questioned based on the definitions of PTSD in the ICD-11 and DSM-5.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Trauma Stress
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jts.22594
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