www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-psychopolitics-of-trauma

This sentence conflates WHO recognition with ICD-10 recognition.

WHO explicitly states in a March 8, 2024 news release that complex post-traumatic stress disorder was one of the diagnostic categories added in ICD-11. WHO’s ICD-11 implementation FAQ also says ICD-11 is the latest revision, that WHO stopped maintaining ICD-10 in 2018, and that ICD-11 came into effect on January 1, 2022.

So the accurate statement is that complex PTSD is recognized by WHO’s ICD-11, not by ICD-10. Saying it was accepted by “the ICD-10 and WHO” is incorrect because the WHO-recognized classification here is ICD-11, and WHO’s own description identifies complex PTSD as an ICD-11 addition.

This paraphrase overstates DSM PTSD criterion A.

According to the American Psychiatric Association’s description of DSM-5 PTSD criteria, indirect exposure qualifies only in specific situations: the person learns that the traumatic event occurred to a close family member or close friend (with special limits for death), or experiences first-hand repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of the traumatic event, such as in professional roles. The APA source also explicitly says this does not include exposure through media, pictures, television, or movies unless it is work-related.

So the article’s phrase that someone can "just hear about it happening to someone else" is too broad. Under the DSM criteria, ordinary secondhand knowledge about trauma affecting unspecified other people is not enough by itself.