"Their latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being changed.
"And the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis have loosened.
"You don't have to have been exposed to a dramatic event, as previously was in the diagnoses," Wolff added.
"It was described as an event that left a person feeling intense fear, helplessness or horror.
"The kind of response a soldier may have to a severe injury or witnessing a comrade killed.
"But often times, veterans do not experience such an event, but do experience prolonged stress that can follow them home.
"That could now earn them a PTSD diagnosis...."
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