Researchers have described how to diagnose complex PTSD based on patient symptoms, following WHO’s new classification of the disorder, which differs from established PTSD.
Earlier this year, WHO published a new version of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which expanded upon PTSD with a new diagnosis for complex PTSD, or CPTSD. New symptoms, such as self-organization disturbances, were included in the diagnosis.
Andreas Maercker, PhD, MD, head of the division of psychopathology and clinical intervention at the University of Zurich, and colleagues assessed case