Cptsd As An Attachment Disorder

[Froggie]

Thank you Anthony, I was starting to get confused with all the ptsd variants and was wondering if it was a complexe ptsd as it has been triggered off 5 1/2 years ago.

 

[anthony]

DSM V is removing acute and chronic, leaving only the additional, being "delayed onset". Complex PTSD does not exist, isn't being picked up, hence why I changed the forum to complex trauma instead, which is real and present as the appropriate term to describe the type of trauma, thus the type of PTSD being dealt with.

 

[Tom Mintz]

To be official, they are actually classified as Bipolar I Disorder or Bipolar II Disorder. I believe the typical abbreviation is just Bipolar though.

not to be arguementive or anything but to be clear, I am Bipolar, it is properly stated as Bipolar Type I, or Type II, just sharing.

 

[anthony]

not to be arguementive or anything but to be clear, I am Bipolar, it is properly stated as Bipolar Type I, or Type II, just sharing.

The DSM official diagnosis is, Bipolar I Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder, evidenced:

• [DLMURL]http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/bip1dis.htm[/DLMURL]
• [DLMURL]http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/bip2dis.htm[/DLMURL]

Bipolar I Disorder, actually doesn't exist as a diagnosis, instead it sub-categorizes into 6 types, each named officially in the above links, being the official online DSM IV-TR approved diagnostic reprints. The Bipolar I types are then officially classified as, Bipolar I Disorder, Single Manic Episode, etc etc etc.

What happens within clinical settings does not make something official... just look at the CPTSD debacle to see evidence with that.