PTSD Rating Scales

Scale

Administration

ClinicianAdministered
PTSD Scale
(CAPS)*
Short PTSD Rating
Interview
(SPRINT)
Davidson Trauma
Scale (DTS)

Clinician

Length of Time
45-60 minutes
(decreases with
repeated
administrations)

Clinician

5-10 minutes

Clinician/trained
rater

10 minutes

Details
17-item, frequency and intensity of
symptoms in past week
Companion administration manual
covers scoring; workshops are also
offered
10-item, Likert-type scale assesses
symptoms and functional impairment
in past week
6-item, frequency and severity of
symptoms in past week
35-item, Likert-type scale
Score of 107 indicates presence of
PTSD in Vietnam veterans (though
authors state this is not a diagnostic
scale)

Mississippi Scale
(MSS)

Self-report

10-20 minutes

Post-Traumatic
Stress Diagnostic
Scale (PDS)

Self-report

10-15 minutes

49-items, frequency of symptoms

and impairment in different settings
(i.e. work)

5-10 minutes

15-item: 7-item intrusion scale & 8item avoidance scale

low scores 8.5
medium scores 8.6-19
high scores >19

Impact of Event
Scale (IES)
*Gold standard

Self-report

Publically Available
Yes, request through Department of Veteran
Affairs
(http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages
/assessments/ncptsd-instrument-requestform.asp)
Yes, e-mail: jonathan.davidson@duke.edu
Copyright, Dr. Jonathan Davidson
Yes, request through Department of Veteran
Affairs
(http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages
/assessments/ncptsd-instrument-requestform.asp)
Copyright, Pearson Assessments
$89 annual for online version
$58 for starter kit (paper 10 scoring sheets)
$140 for reorder kit (paper 50 scoring
sheets)
Copyright, free when e-mail
Daniel.Weiss@ucsf.edu