| Abstract: | The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) featured extensive changes to the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis. PTSD was moved out of the anxiety disorders into a new class of “trauma‐ and stressor‐related disorders,” and the definition of what constitutes a traumatic experience was revised. Three new symptoms were added, existing ones were modified, and a new four‐cluster organization and diagnostic algorithm were introduced. Finally, a new dissociative subtype was added to the diagnosis. We review these changes, discuss some of the controversies surrounding them, and then introduce a new debate involving a radically different conceptualization of PTSD proposed for International Classification of Diseases, 11th edition. |
