The clinician-administered ptsd scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5): Development and initial psychometric evaluation in military veterans

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 383-395

  Weathers, Frank W ^a   Bovin, Michelle J ^b,c   Lee, Daniel J ^a,b   Sloan, Denise M ^b,c   Schnurr, Paula P ^d,e   Kaloupek, Danny G ^b,c   Keane, Terence M ^b,c   Marx, Brian P ^b,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CAPS 5; DSM 5; Psychometric; PTSD; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CAPS-5; CAPS-IV; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; DSM-IV; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VETERAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 85021716674     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000486     Document Type: Article

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