Concept Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Articles

Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and two groups instructed to fabricate its symptoms completed the MMPI. A discriminant function analysis of selected scale scores and an empirically derived decision rule successfully classified over 90% of the subjects.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Insanity Defense: A Critical Analysis

As the concept of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become more widely publicized, it has been used as a defense for criminal charges in a number of court cases. The implications of PTSD for the insanity defense are examined with reference to case examples. It is concluded that in most cases the argument for a finding of insanity based on PTSD rests on invalid, deterministic reasoning. In rare cases, an individual with PTSD will experience a psychotic or dissociative episode and may then meet the criteria for legal insanity.

Phase oriented treatment of stress response syndromes.

Phase oriented treatment of stress response syndromes.