Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is a disorder that can effect men, women, and children. It can occur after someone goes through or experiences a traumatic event like combat, assault, or disaster (Weathers, Blake, Schnurr, Kaloupek, Marx, & Keane, 2013). Although, in early research this disorder was rooted originally with soldiers who experienced horrific exposure during the war, studies show anyone exposed a trauma, are at risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). According to Whiston (2013) and the National Center for PTSD research indicates that there is a correlation between many types of trauma and suicidal behaviors. For example, there is evidence that traumatic events such as childhood abuse may increase a person's suicide
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The (CAPS) PTSD scale was created by the National Center for PTSD staff. The CAPS is one of the most commonly used tools to provide information on a variety of measures assessing trauma and PTSD in addition to other mental health disorders that may occur with PTSD ("PTSD: National Center for PTSD Home," n.d.). The Caps is the gold standard in PTSD assessment. The CAPS-5 assessment is a 30-item structured interview that can be used in children as well as adults. The full interview takes 45-60 minutes to administer. When utilizing this standardized instrument, it may or can detect the following determination: make current (past month) diagnosis of PTSD, make lifetime diagnosis of PTSD, and assess PTSD symptoms over the past week. In addition, this assessment, had revisions made to comply with current standards and diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition(DSM-5).
This instrument is considered standardized because it is a formal assessment that can only be administered by clinicians and clinical researchers who have a working knowledge of PTSD, or appropriately trained paraprofessionals (Weathers, Blake, Schnurr, Kaloupek, Marx, & Keane,
The (CAPS) PTSD scale was created by the National Center for PTSD staff. The CAPS is one of the most commonly used tools to provide information on a variety of measures assessing trauma and PTSD in addition to other mental health disorders that may occur with PTSD ("PTSD: National Center for PTSD Home," n.d.). The Caps is the gold standard in PTSD assessment. The CAPS-5 assessment is a 30-item structured interview that can be used in children as well as adults. The full interview takes 45-60 minutes to administer. When utilizing this standardized instrument, it may or can detect the following determination: make current (past month) diagnosis of PTSD, make lifetime diagnosis of PTSD, and assess PTSD symptoms over the past week. In addition, this assessment, had revisions made to comply with current standards and diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition(DSM-5).
This instrument is considered standardized because it is a formal assessment that can only be administered by clinicians and clinical researchers who have a working knowledge of PTSD, or appropriately trained paraprofessionals (Weathers, Blake, Schnurr, Kaloupek, Marx, & Keane,