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The observation that extreme events cause extreme reactions is old. But it was not until 1980 that the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was officially defined and recognised as a clinical presentation. Since this initial description, the description of the clinical presentation has changed, most recently with the drafting of the currently valid international classification systems DSM-5 of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and ICD-11 of the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite striking differences in the operationalisation in the two systems, the following characteristics are similarly defined.

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Maercker, A., Augsburger, M. (2022). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. In: Maercker, A. (eds) Trauma Sequelae. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64057-9_2

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