title: The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale.
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.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Boise VA Medical Center, ID 83702-4598.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Weathers
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kaloupek
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Gusman
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Charney
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Keane
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology