The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale

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

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The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale

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

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Abstract

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 (CAPS-1) appears to satisfy these standards most uniformly. The CAPS-1 is 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 yields both continuous and dichotomous scores for current and lifetime PTSD symptoms. 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-90
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Traumatic Stress
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02105408
State	Published - Jan 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

diagnosis
post-traumatic stress disorder
reliability
structured interviews
validity

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