TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges to the PTSD construct and its database
T2 - The importance of scientific debate
AU - Rosen, Gerald M.
AU - Frueh, B. Christopher
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A special issue in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders on "Challenges to the PTSD construct and its database" comes at a time when the field of traumatic stress is reexamining itself and scholars are debating the validity of basic assumptions. Some have suggested that scientific debate concerning PTSD can be opposed to the interests of victims and to those who suffer the effects of severe trauma. Yet, scientific methods, and associated critiques, provide the best way to advance our knowledge, so that professionals can provide accurate information, sound advice, and non-harmful interventions to those in need.
AB - A special issue in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders on "Challenges to the PTSD construct and its database" comes at a time when the field of traumatic stress is reexamining itself and scholars are debating the validity of basic assumptions. Some have suggested that scientific debate concerning PTSD can be opposed to the interests of victims and to those who suffer the effects of severe trauma. Yet, scientific methods, and associated critiques, provide the best way to advance our knowledge, so that professionals can provide accurate information, sound advice, and non-harmful interventions to those in need.
KW - Construct validity
KW - Diagnostic and statistical manual
KW - Posttraumatic stress disorder
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U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.09.007
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 17049804
AN - SCOPUS:33846828848
VL - 21
SP - 161
EP - 163
JO - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
JF - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
SN - 0887-6185
IS - 2
ER -