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This assessment has evolved since its development in 1985 to include changes made to DSM criteria and to allow for efficiency in assessment. In 1985, Calvin Fredrick worked with the UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program to develop a measure to screen for PTSD in children and adolescents based on DSM criteria—the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index. [2]
The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology.This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. For instance, in the category of depression, there are over two dozen depression rating scales that have been developed in the past eighty years.
These include the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS), [151] [152] Child Trauma Screening Questionnaire, [153] [154] and UCLA Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index for DSM-IV. [ 155 ] [ 156 ] In addition, there are also screening and assessment instruments for caregivers of very young children (six years of age and younger).
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Both criterion F and G must be met as well for a PTSD diagnosis. [10] To meet criteria for a symptom, a patient must meet criteria in both frequency and intensity score for each item. Frequency and intensity and then combined to form a single severity score. Severity scores range from 0-4, with 0 being absent to 4 being extreme/incapacitating. [10]
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Validity with a civilian trauma-exposed sample has been demonstrated, with substantial relationships found between the TSI's clinical scale scores and other established measures of PTSD. [5] Further corroboration of the TSI's psychometric properties, with trauma-exposed military veterans, was recently documented.