Applying an international perspective in defining PTSD and related disorders: comment on Friedman (2013)
Andreas Maercker1, Axel Perkonigg
1Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
We address the general perspective of the World Health Organization towards the classification process of the 11(th) revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11); give a short description of the ICD-11 proposals related to "disorders specifically associated with stress" and the differentiation between posttraumatic stress disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, and prolonged grief disorder; and comment on the most important aim of classifying mental disorders-to provide the best treatments available.
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