Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5.

PDS-5 (PTDS)

What it measures

Self-report DSM-5 PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity, including trauma identification, the 20 symptoms, onset/duration, distress and functional impairment

Length and format

24 (20 symptom items + trauma/impairment items). 5-point frequency/severity (0-4), past month; total severity + diagnostic algorithm (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Several languages incl. ES, DE, NL, ZH and others

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

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Foa, E. B., McLean, C. P., Zang, Y., et al. (2016). Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5 (PDS-5). Psychological Assessment, 28(10), 1166-1171.