title: Has DSM-5 saved PTSD from itself?
abstract: In 2007, Robert Spitzer considered validity challenges to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a construct that originated when he was Chair of DSM-III. Spitzer suggested changes for DSM-5, then in its planning stages, for the purpose of 'Saving PTSD from itself'. With years gone by, it can be asked if DSM-5 followed Spitzer's recommendations to advance our understanding of post-traumatic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Gerald M. Rosen, PhD, 117 East Louisa St., PMB-229, Seattle, WA 98102, USA. Email: gmrseattle@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gerald M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*