PTSD Symptom Scale - Interview for DSM-5.

PSS-I-5 / PSSI-5

What it measures

Semi-structured interview assessing the 20 DSM-5 PTSD symptoms (combined frequency/severity) over the past month, plus distress and interference; yields severity and diagnosis

Length and format

24 items. 5-point (0-4) interviewer rating; total severity + diagnostic algorithm (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Several languages incl. ES, DE 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 - author permission

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Reference

Foa, E. B., McLean, C. P., Zang, Y., et al. (2016). Psychometric properties of the PTSD Symptom Scale Interview for DSM-5 (PSSI-5). Psychological Assessment, 28(10), 1159-1165.