Roasting the DSM-5 criteria for PTSD (comedy gold, recorded live during COVID) hilarious reading

Let's read the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD today, as written in 2013 by the white man of the church of psychiatry 🤓 My ever-popular pastiche has been termed 'the best exegesis' by a fan. 😁

📖 DSM-5 Overview The DSM-5 outlines specific criteria for diagnosing PTSD, including exposure to a traumatic event, intrusive symptoms, avoidance, negative mood changes, and alterations in arousal and reactivity.

💡 Key Symptoms To meet the criteria, symptoms must be persistent for more than a month and cause significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.

🔍 Diagnostic Criteria The full criteria include detailed requirements for each symptom category and the duration of symptoms, requiring clinical judgment for proper assessment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder

The DSM-5 criteria for PTSD include:
The disturbance lasts more than one month
The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition

Research suggests that autistic people are more likely to experience traumatic life events and to report symptoms of PTSD. The rate of probable PTSD in autistic people is higher than in the general population.

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