Abolghasemi, A., Bakhshian, F., & Narimani, M. (2013). Response inhibition and cognitive appraisal in clients with Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 8(3), 124-130. doi:10.1002/9781118330043.ch7 This study compares different cognitive and behavioral responses and symptoms comparing people from 3 different groups, healthy people, people who were diagnosed with acute stress disorder, and people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The results of this study show negative behaviors in people who experienced traumatic events. Also it suggests that people suffering from PTSD are more like to inhibit inappropriate responses, which suggests that PTSD can have more negative and longer lasting effects on the person.
Arnaudova, M., Aleksandrov, I., Stoyanov, V., Ivanova, V., & Petrov, P. (2015). Diagnostic challenges in assessing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of IMAB, 21(4), 987-990. doi:10.5272/jimab.2015214.987 This study, conducted by Arnaudova (2015) and her colleagues, tries to better define the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It lists many definitions of PTSD that is used by different sources and compares them. It also shows how diagnosis of PTSD evolved …show more content…
It argues that auditory hallucinations often have similar causes in both schizophrenia and PTSD diagnosed individuals, suggesting that schizophrenia is misdiagnosed, because trauma is the real cause for those hallucinations. This study helps better define the diagnosis of PTSD and shows dangers of possible misdiagnosis. Very similar comparison could be made between PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder. Since both of those disorders have very similar definitions, it is easy to misdiagnose them, especially in patients with avoidant style of attachments, that have harder time to share information vital for the diagnosis with the therapist or