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Assessment Instruments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder  

Seo, Ho-Jun (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Tae-Suk (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Chae, Jeong-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Anxiety and mood / v.6, no.1, 2010 , pp. 3-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
Even experienced clinicians have difficulties in diagnosing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exactly, due to its diverse clinical features, which vary according to individuals, traumas, and various comorbid psychopathologies, and its related compensation issues. It is usually mandatory for clinicians and researchers to use screening and assessment tools when diagnosing and evaluating PTSD. To date, research has developed numerous PTSD screening and assessment tools ; therefore one of the cardinal issues is to select the best of the various tools, the one most suitable for the clinician's or researcher's purposes. This article reviews several currently-available subjective and objective instruments for the diagnosis and evaluation of PTSD and groups them according to whether they are Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-Correspondent Measures ; PTSD-Focused, Non-DSM-Correspondent Measures ; or Empirically Derived Measures. We present the instruments' psychometric properties and scoring methods and describe their merits and weak points, focusing on their practical usage.
Keywords
Posttraumatic stress disorder; Assessing instrument; Psychometric property;
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