A psychomotor diagnostic instrument for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Minke M. van de Kamp; Claudia Emck; Pim Cuijpers; Peter J. Beek

doi:10.1080/17432979.2017.1420692

A psychomotor diagnostic instrument for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Minke M. van de Kamp^*, Claudia Emck, Pim Cuijpers, Peter J. Beek

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Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with an increased risk of physical disorders as a consequence of chronic stress reactions and adverse lifestyle behaviours. In addition, various other physical signs and symptoms may be present, as well as problems with emotional awareness, such as alexithymia, which may impede verbal information processing. Therefore, a psychomotor diagnostic instrument (PMDI) is developed, based on non-verbal information to contribute to a careful and reliable diagnostic procedure. The PDMI is designed to identify specific goals for body and movement oriented treatments of PTSD. It consists of a manual with an assessment procedure, guidelines for scoring items and for the calculation of cluster scores based on item scores. In this paper, the PMDI and its development are discussed, and illustrated by brief vignettes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-49
Number of pages	17
Journal	Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Early online date	5 Jan 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17432979.2017.1420692
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

Keywords

assessment
diagnosis
observation
psychomotor therapy
PTSD
treatment planning

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