Clinician administered ptsd scale caps the caps is widely considered to be the gold standard in ptsd assessment. Using the caps test to diagnose ptsd strongpoint law. Move through the interview as efficiently as possible to minimize respondent burden. Of all the interviews, the clinicianadministered ptsd scale caps1 appears to satisfy these standards most uniformly. It can also be scored as a continuous measure of ptsd symptom severity. Establishing the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd has always been a challenge in clinical practice, as well as in academic research. Clinician administered posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd scale, ptsd checklist, impact of event scale revised, and trauma symptom checklist for children. Highest professional degree, time since degree award, and.
The caps is an inperson assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder that is administered by a trained clinician. Summary of the clinician administered ptsd scale for dsm5 caps5 the caps5 is a 30item semistructured interview that is used to. Guidelines for the treatment of ptsd using clinical eft. The screen does not include a list of potentially traumatic events because, a the relationship between trauma and health. The caps1 is a structured interview for assessing core and associated symptoms of ptsd.
Use prompt questions to determine the impact of ptsd symptoms on social functioning. Posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd a chronic, debilitating condition, broadly characterized by emotion dysregulationis prevalent among us. Developed at the national center for ptsd and the ucla trauma psychiatry program, the clinician administered ptsd scale for children and adolescents capsca is the standard tool for assessing posttraumatic stress disorder in 8 to 15yearolds. Introduction overview of the capsca test development psychometric properties how to administer and score the capsca global validity rating clinician administered ptsd scale for children and adolescents capsca estimate the overall validity of responses. Administered by clinicians and clinical researchers who have a working knowledge of ptsd and by appropriately trained paraprofessionals how to obtain scale. Please rate on a scale from 03 how much or how often these following things have occurred to you in the last two weeks. It assesses the frequency and intensity of each symptom using standard prompt questions and explicit. Ptsd symptom scale pss the following events or mark no. The clinically administered ptsd scale caps is an inperson clinical assessment for measuring posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd.
The accuracy of the clinicianadministered ptsd scale. Ptsd scale self report for dsm5 psssr5 page 2 20 edna b. The clinician administered ptsd scale caps is the nonself administered scale most. Clinician administered ptsd scale caps description of the caps the caps is a semistructured interview that is designed to assess the essential features of posttraumatic stress disorder as. Caps5 is a 30item questionnaire, corresponding to the dsm5 diagnosis for ptsd. These interviews vary in merit when compared on stringent psychometric and utility standards. Clinicianadministered ptsd scale caps5 by kat kreitzer.
The person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following were present. Ask the fewest number of prompts needed to obtain sufficient information to support a valid rating. The clinicianadministered ptsd scale caps is a structured interview for assessing posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd diagnostic status and symptom severity. Traumafocused interventions for children could be administered more efficiently and effectively if posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd and related symptoms were first investigated by a reliable and valid instrument. What is the abbreviation for clinician administered ptsd scale. This scale can be used to make a preliminary determination of the diagnosis of ptsd using either dsmiiir criteria or frequency, severity, or total score cutoff scores. Make current past month or lifetime diagnosis of ptsd provide a continuous index of ptsd severity assess ptsd symptoms over the past week. The development of a clinicianadministered ptsd scale. The caps includes 30 items administered by a trained clinician to assess ptsd symptoms, including their frequency and severity. Ptsd scaleself report for dsm5 psssr5 subject id date. Respondents rate how much they have been bothered by each symptom during the past month using a 5point scale. Pdf a clinician rating scale for assessing current and. Administration of the clinician administered ptsd scale caps life.
There have been multiple versions of the caps over the years, each being updated in accordance with. Clinician administered ptsd scale caps overview by alex. The caps is a 30item structured interview that corresponds to the dsmiv criteria for ptsd. A number of good measures for posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd have been developed in the past 15 years including the clinician administered ptsd scale caps. The symptoms are scored in a 04 likerttype scale, total score ranging from 0 to 6. Assessment and diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Caps abbreviation stands for clinician administered ptsd scale. Clinician administered ptsd scale caps was developed at the national center for posttraumatic stress disorder in the usa to study the mental health of combat. Be thoroughly familiar with the caps5 so that prompts flow smoothly. Clinician administered ptsd scale for children and. Emotion regulatory brain function and ssri treatment in. The traumatic event is persistently reexperienced in one or more of the following ways. Table, clinician administered ptsd scale caps trauma.
The most widely used formal assessment for ptsd is the clinician administered ptsd scale caps, which is considered the gold standard for diagnosis in the psychiatric community 3. National center for ptsd clinician administered ptsd scale caps. More than 70% of adults worldwide and seven million in the united states currently suffer with posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd. The scale was administered at baseline and all follow up timepoints. Xxxxxxxxxxxx listed below are a number of difficult or stressful things that sometimes happen to people. As with the other caps ratings, the interviewer ratings are made on a 5point scale. B1 recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions.
The clinician administered ptsd scale, or caps5, is done by a clinician and includes the 20 symptoms as well as other conditions for diagnosis of ptsd. The ptsd checklist pcl is a 17item selfreport measure of ptsd developed at the national center for ptsd in 1990. Foa reproduction or redistribution, in whole or in part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of. As with previous versions of the caps, caps5 symptom severity ratings are based on symptom frequency and intensity, except for items 8 amnesia and 12 diminished interest, which are based on amount and intensity. In the 10 years since it was developed, the caps has become a standard criterion measure in the field of traumatic stress and has now been used in more than 200 studies. The primary care ptsd screen pc ptsd has been designed for use in primary care and other medical settings. Comparison of the posttraumatic stress disorder scale.
Both of these assessment instruments measure the same core set of ptsd symptoms as defined in the dsmiv. The development of a clinician administered ptsd scale. The language of the caps5 reflects both changes to existing symptoms and the addition of new symptoms in dsm5. Like its counterpart for adults described on page 141, this userfriendly semistructured. In young children, repetitive play may occur in which themes or aspects of the trauma are expressed. It is considered the goldstandard for ptsd assessment. Ptsd was measured with the clinician administered ptsd scale, a structured interview that measures dsmiv ptsd diagnosis and the frequency and intensity of symptoms over the past 30 days. The mpsssr is a 17item selfreport instrument that assesses the 17 dsmiiir symptoms of ptsd. Dissertation supervised by associate professor lydia buki. Worldwide, conditional ptsd risk is elevated after traumas involving violence and prior exposure. Ptsd symptom scale pss foa, riggs, dancu, rothbaum 1993 hcsats 211 side 2 below is a list of problems that people sometimes have after experiencing a traumatic event. The ptsd test is an online scale for screening of posttraumatic stress disorder.
A crosscultural validation of the clinician administered. Rated from 0 no adverse impact to 4 extreme impact. The clinician administered ptsd scale for dsm5 caps5 is a 30item structured interview that corresponds to the dsm5 criteria for ptsd. This is a semistructured interview, in which the clinician seeks information about 17 symptoms of ptsd, based on 34 questions 2 questions about each symptom. Administered ptsd scale caps is a structured interview for assessing posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd diagnostic status and symptom severity. For example, the clinician administered ptsd scale caps 65 and the structured clinical interview for diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition, text revision dsmivtr, ptsd module 66 both contain questions designed to assess impairment more generally within social and occupational domains. Behavioral science division boston va medical center neurosciences division west haven va medical center. Clinician administered ptsd scale 73 32% 77 52 23% 2000 p. You need to establish that a symptom not only meets the dsm5 criterion phenomenologically, but is also functionally related to the index traumatic event, i.
A clinician rating scale for assessing current and lifetime ptsd. The clinician administered ptsd scale caps is a 30item structured diagnostic interview designed to measure frequency and intensity of ptsd symptoms. If youve lived through a psychologically traumatic event in the past, and feel that you still havent turned that unfortunate page of your life, you probably suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. The caps distinguishes itself from other ptsd assessments in that it can also assess for current or past diagnoses of ptsd. Apply for and manage the va benefits and services youve earned as a veteran, servicemember, or family memberlike health care, disability, education, and more. The caps1 article pdf available in behavior therapy 1818 january 1990 with 6,491 reads how we measure reads. Psychometric properties of nine scoring rules for the clinician administered posttraumatic stress disorder scale. The clinicianadministered ptsd scale for dsm5 caps5 is a 30item structured interview that corresponds to the dsm5 criteria for ptsd. Which instruments are most commonly used to assess. The cultural adaptation of the clinician administered ptsd scale for spanishspeaking latinos with limited english proficiency in the united states. The clinician administered ptsd scale for children and adolescents capsca is the gold standard for the assessment of ptsd. Caps clinicianadministered ptsd posttraumatic stress. Abstract of a dissertation at the university of miami. Caps5 asks questions relevant to assessing the dissociative subtype of ptsd depersonalization and derealization, but no longer includes other.
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