**3.2 Criteria D - F**

Criterion D involves persistent hyper-physiological arousal and-or anxiousness that were not present before the diagnosis or experience of cancer, and might include sleeping problems, irritability and anger outbursts. Another form of arousal unique to cancer-related PTSD is body symptom hypervigilance or being on guard for signs of another tumor. Criterion E indicates that the duration of such symptoms has persisted for a period of at least one month following the cancer-related traumatic event (e.g., being told the diagnosis or given a poor prognosis, etc.), thereby, distinguishing it from acute stress disorder. Finally, Criterion F indicates the extent to which the symptoms impair domains of life functioning, for example, relational or occupational. Please refer to Table 2.
