psychiatric disorders
Dissociative Subtype of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Prognosis for Dissociative Subtype of PTSD
The presence of dissociation complicates prognosis and treatment of this subtype of PTSD because many of these individuals distance themselves from confronting the effects of the trauma, which makes treatment more difficult to address ( Prognosis references ). 1.Koopman C, Classen C, Spiegel D: Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors of the Oakland/Berkeley, Calif., firestorm.Am J Psychiatry151(6):888-894, 1994. doi: 10.1176/ajp.151.6.888 