Dissociative symptoms may play a substantial role in PTSD.(Adult Psychiatry)(Posttraumatic stress disorder) From: Clinical Psychiatry News | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Worcester, Sharon | COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

NEW ORLEANS -- Posttraumatic stress disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder, but data increasingly suggest that it has an important dissociative element, John J. Arnold, Ph.D., said at the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation.

"Since its inception as a diagnosis in 1980, PTSD has been classified as an anxiety disorder within the DSM, and dissociative symptoms are not referenced as a defining feature," said Dr. Arnold of Lake ...