DSM-5 Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence in ≥1 of the following ways (may be multiple events):

≥1 of the following associated with the traumatic event, beginning after the traumatic event occurred:

Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event, beginning after the traumatic event occurred, as evidenced by ≥1 of the following:

Negative alterations in cognitions and mood associated with the traumatic event, beginning or worsening after the traumatic event occurred, as evidenced by ≥2 of the following:

Marked alterations in arousal and reactivity associated with the traumatic event, beginning or worsening after the traumatic event occurred, as evidenced by ≥2 of the following:

Must have all 3, plus criteria above