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Explicit Cause in PTSD Diagnosis
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is unique among the disorders listed in the DSM because its diagnostic criteria explicitly specify a cause. The required criterion of exposure to an extreme traumatic event makes it the only disorder for which the etiology is a formal part of the diagnosis itself.
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