I do understand what you mean about labels, it sure does seem that they have gotten a bit too far out of hand over the years. However, in this case I do agree with Dr. Herman because by seperating PTSD into these categories, they are in effect tailoring the treatment to more effectively and efficiently treat individuals according to what caused their specific PTSD as opposed to a 'one size fits all' approach. As there are more than one type of Schizophrenia and more than one type of Bipolar Disorder, it's about time physicians recognize that there will be differing consequences for differing types of trauma, even if they somewhat resemble one another in the end, as in the case of many types of mental illnesses.