Diagnosing the Psychological Consequences of Trauma

Jan Gysi, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in private practice in Bern, Switzerland with over 20 years experience in the field of trauma and dissociation. He ist the author of several publications on trauma and dissociation and its implications in psychotherapy and law enforcement. He speaks at workshops, conferences, and seminars and works as a Supervisor.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 Trauma-Dissociation Axis Model for
Systematic Diagnosis of Trauma Sequelae
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Trauma
1.3 Assessment of Adversity and Traumatic
Experiences
1.4 Five-Axis Model for Systematic Diagnosis
of Trauma Sequelae
1.5 Diagnostics and Therapy Planning Within
the Framework of the Five-Axis Model
2. TD Axis I: Personality Disorders
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Personality Disorders in ICD-11
2.3 Diagnostics in the Context of Trauma
Therapy
3 TD Axis II: Specific Stress-Related
Disorders
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Traumatizing Events and Processes
3.3 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (6B40)
3.4 Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(6B41)
3.5 Prolonged Grief Disorder (6B42)
3.6 Adjustment Disorder (6B43)
3.7 Continuous Trauma Disorder
4 TD Axis III: Structural Dissociation of
Personality
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Diagnostic Requirements
4.3 Evaluation
4.4 Challenges for Diagnostics
4.5 Normal Ambivalence, Ego States, and
Personality States
4.6 Questionnaires
4.7 Diagnosis of Structural Dissociation
4.8 Evaluation
4.9 Further Specialized Diagnostics
5 TD Axis IV: Other Dissociative Disorders
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dissociative Symptoms at the Border of
Somatics and Psychiatry
5.3 Somatoform and Psychoform Dissociation
5.4 Dissociative Neurological Symptom
Disorders
5.5 Dissociative Amnesia (6B61)
5.6 Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder
(6B66)
5.7 Trance
6 TD Axis V: Comorbid Disorders
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Addiction Disorders
6.3 Eating Disorders
6.4 Compulsive Disorders
6.5 Depression
6.6 Anxiety Disorders
6.7 Bipolar Disorders and Schizophrenia
6.8 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
6.9 Autism Spectrum Disorder
6.10 Maladaptive Daydreaming
6.11 Physical Diseases
6.12 Physical Injuries
6.13 Factitious Disorders
7 Diagnostic Aspects for Reports to Law
Enforcement Agencies
7.1 General Challenges With Credibility
7.2 Overview of Credibility Issues for Victims
of Sexual Offences
7.3 True or False Memories in Traumatized
People
7.4 Conclusions
8 Question Overview
8.1 TD Axis I: Personality Disorder Assessments
8.2 TD Axis II: Clarification of Specific
Stress-Related Disorders
8.3 TD Axis III: Clarifications of Structural
Dissociation
8.4 TD Axis IV: Clarification of Dissociative
Symptoms
8.5 TD Axis V: Clarification of Comorbid
Diseases