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Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD, CPTSD, or cPTSD) is a stress-related mental disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas: commonly prolonged or repetitive exposure to a traumatic event or traumatic events, from which one sees little or no chance to escape.

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Causes
Prolonged (or repetitive) exposure to a traumatic event or traumatic events
Differential diagnosis
Post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, grief
Frequency
4% (general population)
Specialty
Psychiatry, clinical psychology
Symptoms
Hyperarousal, emotional over-stress, intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation, hypervigilance, negative self-beliefs, interpersonal difficulties, attention difficulties, anxi…

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Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Nodes121
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related to history · 22
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → Bessel, C-PTSD, DESNOS, Developmental Trauma Disorder, Dr, DSM-5 PTSD, DSM-IV, DTD, EPCACE, Harvard University, Herman, Herman's, ICD-10, ICD-11, In, Judith Lewis Herman, Kolk, Over, PTSD, Recovery
Causes · 1
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → Prolonged (or repetitive) exposure to a traumatic event or traumatic events
Differential diagnosis · 1
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → Post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, grief
Frequency · 1
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → 4% (general population)
Specialty · 1
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → Psychiatry, clinical psychology
Symptoms · 1
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → Hyperarousal, emotional over-stress, intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation, hypervigilance, negative self-beliefs, interpersonal difficulties, attention difficulties, anxi…
is a · 1
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder → long term mental health condition which often requires treatment by highly skilled mental health professionals who specialize in trauma informed modalities designed to process a…

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ptsd c-ptsd trauma symptoms disorder complex treatment traumatic stress may also diagnosis icd-11 children post-traumatic childhood emotional prolonged one include

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Complex post-traumatic stress disorderCausesProlonged (or repetitive) exposure to a traumatic event or traumatic events1.00infobox
Complex post-traumatic stress disorderDifferential diagnosisPost-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, grief1.00infobox
Complex post-traumatic stress disorderFrequency4% (general population)1.00infobox
Complex post-traumatic stress disorderSpecialtyPsychiatry, clinical psychology1.00infobox
Complex post-traumatic stress disorderSymptomsHyperarousal, emotional over-stress, intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation, hypervigilance, negative self-beliefs, interpersonal difficulties, attention difficulties, anxi…1.00infobox
Complex post-traumatic stress disorderis along term mental health condition which often requires treatment by highly skilled mental health professionals who specialize in trauma informed modalities designed to process a…0.90text
maltreatmentinstance ofChildren can suffer chronic trauma0.80text
family violenceinstance ofChildren can suffer chronic trauma0.80text
school bullyinginstance ofChildren can suffer chronic trauma0.80text
dysfunctioninstance ofChildren can suffer chronic trauma0.80text
or a disruption in attachment to their primary caregiverinstance ofChildren can suffer chronic trauma0.80text
physical assaultinstance ofBessel van der Kolk explains DTD as numerous encounters with interpersonal trauma0.80text

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