They are still in discussion about all this, so nothing is set in concrete at this stage with the new classifications. Even once DSM V does get released, the classification system is not a doctrine, it is a guide for physicians only to help classify a person so when they go across other physicians, a simple diagnosis can be stated so the physician knows the level or severity of illness immediately, without having to go into depth with another analysis... even though a good physician would reanalyze a patient regardless what another physician has already done.

The classification has already changed several times, and no doubt it will change again before release. If it wasn't for the revenue the book creates, most physicians actually want to get rid of it because it has done its purpose now, and is not required to become some dictator doctrine as it would like to become, but instead leave physicians to delegate and do what they are supposed to do, being treat their patients.

Complex PTSD is a BS label at present, because all it denotes is mutiple trauma, generally based around childhood trauma, being over a progressive period of life, opposed to just a smaller period of either intense trauma (such as veterans) or a one off traumatic experience (such as car accident or the like).

Lets be honest here; if your diagnosed with PTSD under any label, you have the same thing, its only relevance to the label is HOW you got PTSD. The end result is the same regardless the label you desire to carry, want or are given.