Trauma- and Stressor- Related Disorders

Anhedonic and dysphoric symptoms

The most prominent clinical characteristic of trauma- and stressor-related disorders.

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult caregivers.

5 years

Criteria for RAD and DSED:

The disturbance is evident before age ___.

9 months

Criteria for RAD and DSED:

The child has a developmental age of at least ___.

12 months

Specify if:

Persistent: The disorder (RAD, DSED) has been present for more than ___.

Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder

The child actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Exposure to actual or threatened death, injury, or sexual violence.

Repeatedly relive traumatic event

1 month

Duration of PTSD

With delayed expression

PTSD Specifier:

Symptoms sufficient for diagnosis didn’t accumulate until at least 6 months after the event

Depersonalization and derealization

PTSD with dissociative symptoms specifier

Acute Stress Disorder

Similar to PTSD, but occurs immediately after the traumatic event.

3 days to 1 month

Duration of Acute Stress Disorder

Adjustment Disorder

Emotional/behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor.

Following a stressor, an individual develops symptoms that disappear once the cause of the stress has subsided.

3 months

Adjustment Disorder:

Duration: Starts within ___ of stressor’s onset.

6 months

Adjustment Disorder:

Duration stops within ___ of stressor’s end

Acute

Adjustment Disorder specifier:

less than 6 months

Persistent

Adjustment Disorder specifier:

more than 6 months

Prolonged Grief Disorder

Death (at least 12 months ago)