Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5.

CAPS-5

What it measures

Structured clinical interview rating the 20 DSM-5 PTSD symptoms (frequency + intensity combined into severity), onset/duration, distress, functional impairment and the dissociative subtype; yields current/lifetime diagnosis

Length and format

30 (20 symptom items + onset, duration, distress, impairment, validity, severity, subtype items). Clinician severity rating 0-4 per symptom; diagnostic algorithm (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Multiple languages incl. ES, DE, NL, ZH, JA and others; the international PTSD-trial gold standard

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Weathers, F. W., Bovin, M. J., Lee, D. J., et al. (2018). The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5): development and initial psychometric evaluation in military veterans. Psychological Assessment, 30(3), 383-395.