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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 04/22/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (04/22/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Diagnostic Criteria and Characteristics 1

Added text 2 on a study of PTSD diagnoses, subsyndromal symptoms, and comorbidities that contribute to impairments for breast cancer survivors (cited Shelby et al. as reference 8).

Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Hypothesized Mechanism 3

Added Shelby et al. as reference 5 4.


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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/11.cdr#Section_11
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/131.cdr#Section_131
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/88.cdr#Section_88
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/78.cdr#Section_78