title: The stressor criterion in PTSD: notes on the genealogy of a problematic construct.
abstract: After a brief historical overview of the genealogy of the stressor criterion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), a clinical example is drawn upon to indicate that there is evidence suggesting that low-magnitude stressors are also capable of producing PTSD symptoms. The diathesis-stress model and the kindling model are discussed as providing possible explanations for this.
authors.affiliation: Psychotraumatology Department, Psychosomatics Division, Hospital for Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine, Germany. guenter_seidler@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Günter H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Seidler
authors.forename: Frank E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology