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Such measures are used most frequently in research settings, some might be used clinically to provide additional sources of documentation, and others might be given to veterans at a health facility prior to their first interview with health professional. Screening tools can be useful in initiating a conversation about exposure to traumatic events or possible PTSD symptoms.
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The CAPS is a semi-structured interview, developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The CAPS should be administered by a trained health professional and can be used to determine whether a patient meets the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
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The DIS-IV is a structured interview for DSM-IV diagnoses designed to be administered by trained lay interviewers and is used in psychiatric research to assess psychiatric disorders (Friedman 2003)
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Table 3.1 lists some representative instruments that have been developed to assess exposure to traumatic events associated with military service. They might be used in conjunction with a diagnostic interview to document details of traumatic exposures.
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2004. NONDIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING INSTRUMENTS Several validated questionnaires are available to describe PTSD symptom severity in military personnel.
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Screening instruments might be of value when a population is too large for each person to be assessed individually; a screening instrument might be used to help identify people who indicate that they have some PTSD symptoms and who would then receive a full diagnostic assessment by a health professional.
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1997 War-Zone Related PTSD 25 Derogatis and Cleary 1977 subscale of the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised Los Angeles Symptom 43 King et al. 1995b Checklist Recently, the VA National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has developed a four-question screening tool, the Primary Care PTSD Screen (Prins et al.
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However, none of those instruments alone can provide a comprehensive diagnosis and assessment of a PTSD patient or replace a health professional trained in diagnosing psychiatric disorders. While assessment instruments are helpful, they are used primarily in research settings.
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1997. Assessment of a new self-rating scale for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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2002. Self-rating inventory for posttraumatic stress disorder: Review of the psychometric properties of a new brief Dutch screening instrument.
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1988. Differences between posttraumatic stress disorder patients with delayed and undelayed onsets.
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