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- Title
DIAGNOSING LIABILITY: THE LEGAL HISTORY OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
- Authors
Smith, Deirdre M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the legal diagnosis of the ailment. Information is provided on how PTSD does not fall under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) because a diagnosis requires a determination of causation. The author explores the similarities between PTSD and the law due to the assignment of 'blame' to an event as the cause of harm.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; BLAME; HARM (Ethics); DIAGNOSTIC &; Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Book); PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; PSYCHOSOMATIC disorders
- Publication
Temple Law Review, 2011, Vol 84, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0899-8086
- Publication type
Article