ISTSS Guidelines Position Paper on Complex PTSD in Adults

For the past two decades, there has been substantial debate about whether there are qualitatively different symptom profiles that can develop from different experiences of traumatic events. It has been proposed that more complex symptom profiles, called “complex PTSD,” can emerge from events that involve multiple, chronic or repeated types of traumas that are of an interpersonal nature and from which escape is difficult or impossible such as childhood abuse, domestic violence, genocide campaigns and being a prisoner of war (Herman, 1992). 

Symptoms that emerge from these types of traumas have typically included difficulties in emotion regulation, self-concept and relational capacities in addition to those of PTSD such as re-experiencing of the trauma, avoidance of trauma related stimuli and hyperarousal (Ford, 2015). Critiques about the utility of the complex PTSD construct have pointed to lack of clarity in its formulation and consequently lack of persuasive evidence regarding the phenomenon (de Jongh et al., 2016; Landy et al., 2015; Resick et al., 2012). A second debate has been whether individuals presenting with complex PTSD, in any of its formulations, would benefit from modified forms of established PTSD interventions or alternative forms of intervention (Cloitre, 2015; de Jongh et al., 2016).



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Reference: 
the ISTSS Guidelines Committee: Lucy Berliner, Jonathan Bisson (Chair), Marylene Cloitre, David Forbes (Vice Chair), Lutz Goldbeck, Tine Jensen, Catrin Lewis, Candice Monson, Miranda Olff, Steve Pilling, David Riggs, Neil Roberts, Francine Shapiro | 2019
7 pages | Oakbrook Terrace : The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
http://www.istss.org/getattachment/Treating-Trauma/New-ISTSS-Prevention-and-Treatment-Guidelines/ISTSS_CPTSD-Position-Paper-(Adults)_FNL.pdf.aspx
Keywords: 
Adults, Complex PTSD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD (DSM-5), PTSD (ICD-11)
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