Complex PTSD: Assessment and Diagnosis
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- Evidence-Based Learning
- Diagnostic Tool
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Lifetime Access
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Digital Resource
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Evidence-Based Learning
Step-by-step guidance through complex psychological concepts
Diagnostic Tool
Designed to support and inform your diagnostic process
About This Resource
Complex PTSD Assessment and Diagnosis: A Clinician’s Guide is a practical clinical reference for psychologists and allied health clinicians assessing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) under ICD-11.
C-PTSD is common in our caseloads, yet it has no equivalent in the DSM-5-TR, the manual most of us trained on. Its core features also show up in borderline personality disorder (BPD), depression, the dissociative disorders, and the lived experience of many autistic and ADHD people. The label a person leaves with shapes how services respond to them, so getting the differential right matters.
This guide takes you through the whole assessment, from a trauma history that may not come as a clear narrative, through screening and scoring, to wording the diagnosis in your report.
The differential diagnosis content is written from a neurodiversity-affirming position. When more than one presentation is present, the task is to understand how they fit together for that person rather than to choose one.
What’s Included
- A clear overview of the ICD-11 requirements for C-PTSD, the sibling rule with PTSD, and how to work with a diagnosis that has no DSM-5-TR equivalent
- Guidance on assessing trauma exposure, including exposure in autistic people, building a timeline and taking a history when there is no clear narrative
- Practical guidance on conducting the assessment, including pacing, dissociation in session, risk, collateral information and when to defer
- The six core clusters as they present in the room, with interview prompts for each
- Screening and diagnostic tools, including the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) diagnostic algorithm, common scoring errors and a workable assessment battery
- Differential diagnosis across PTSD, borderline personality disorder (BPD), the dissociative disorders, autism, ADHD, mood disorders, psychosis and substance use
- Guidance on comorbid and layered presentations, formulation, and wording the diagnosis in a report
Who Is This Resource For?
This resource is designed for psychologists and allied health clinicians who assess adults with histories of prolonged or repeated interpersonal trauma and want a clear, structured approach to diagnosing C-PTSD under ICD-11.
It is particularly useful for clinicians who work across trauma, personality and neurodevelopmental presentations, where C-PTSD, BPD and unrecognised autism or ADHD can look alike.
The guide covers assessment and diagnosis only, with treatment outside its scope.
Format and Access
- This is a 75-page digital guide, part of the Specialist Clinician Guides series
- Professionally designed and suitable for use on iPad, computer, or in print
- Reviewed by an accessibility expert and graphic designer to optimise readability, visual clarity, and user experience
- It is delivered as a downloadable PDF for individual professional use
Terms and Conditions
This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.
This resource and its contents are the intellectual property of Amanda Moses Psychology. Each purchase is for individual professional use only. If you work in a group practice, each practitioner must purchase their own copy.
Due to the nature of digital products, no refunds are available.
Please review the full terms of purchase here: Terms of Purchase
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