title: [PTSD--diagnostic criteria, clinical and certification application].
abstract: Diagnostic criteria and difficulties in diagnostics of the disorders caused by psychophysical trauma were discussed. Diagnoses of KZ-syndrome, post-traumatic stress syndrome in DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and "post-traumatic stress disorder" in ICD-10 were submitted to comparative analysis. Possibility of application of PTSD diagnosis in disability certification as well as forensic psychiatry was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Z Zakładu Patologii Społecznej Katedry Psychiatrii Collegium Medicum UJ.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heitzman
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome