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Applying an International Perspective in Defining PTSD and Related Disorders: Comment on Friedman (2013)
Author(s) -
Maercker Andreas,
Perkonigg Axel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.21852
Subject(s) - posttraumatic stress , perspective (graphical) , psychology , psychiatry , mental health , clinical psychology , grief , dsm 5 , computer science , artificial intelligence
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.