Thank you so much for all your advice! I am definitely going to stay away from the typical presentation (I doubt a psychiatrist needs me to read off criteria) and focus more on what challenges sufferers actually face.

I've put in a section about responses to medications since compliance is always an issue (great idea Nic!) and included some things about EMDR and other therapies 2quilt mentioned. Trust issues were already in; if only I had a dollar for each patient (not just suffering from PTSD but other things as well) who says something similar to "How can I trust you? I don't even know you!" I'd be able to buy the entire forum dinner. Of course, its understandable!

Cindy and linasmom: also very good topics. So far in my clerkship I have worked with patients but not one family member. Other than the social worker I'm not even sure who talks with the family... but clearly its important for them to be involved and understand the nature of things. I hadn't thought before what kind of impact PTSD would have on a parent/child relationship; that is definitely worth looking into. Wearing a mask to hide how you feel inside (I frequently hear about this going on ~ I do it myself) and extending that even deeper to the self we know and how PTSD has shaped our perceptions of that self are definitely things that should be discussed. I'm not sure they discuss a lot of that in Psychiatry but if the psychiatrist can be aware of those things I think they can tailor their treatments more to match other therapies their patients are experiencing.

Thanks again, I feel like I have a lot more "real" things to work with now.