The development of a clinician-administered PTSD scale

✍ Scribed by Dudley David Blake; Frank W. Weathers; Linda M. Nagy; Danny G. Kaloupek; Fred D. Gusman; Dennis S. Charney; Terence M. Keane

• Book ID: 102926840
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 872 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490080106

✦ Synopsis

Several interviews are available for assessing PTSD. These interviews vary in merit when compared on stringent psychometric and utility standards. Of all the interviews, the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale ( U P S -1 ) appears to satis& these standards most uniform@. The CAPS-1 i s a structured interview for assessing core and associated symptoms of PTSD. It assesses the frequency and intensity of each symptom using standard prompt questions and explicit, behaviorally-anchored rating scales. The CAPS-1 yielak both continuous and dichotomous scores for current and lifetime PTSD Jymptoms. Intended for use by experienced clinicians, it also can be administered by appropriately trained paraprofessionals. Data from a large scale psychometric study of the CAPS-1 have provided impressive evidence of its reliability and validity as a PTSD interview.