Frequency of avoiding thoughts and feelings about the event, as part of Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV (CAPS)

(C-1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma

2016-04-29

Blake, Dudley D., Weathers, Frank W., Nagy, Linda M., Kaloupek, Danny G., Charney, Dennis S., Keane, Terence M.:"Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV (1998 revision)"

For the rest of the interview, I want you to keep (EVENTS) in mind as I ask you some questions about how they may have affected you. Iým going to ask you about twenty-five questions altogether. Most of them have two parts. First, Iýll ask if youýve ever had a particular problem, and if so, about how often in the past month (week). Then Iýll ask you how much distress or discomfort that problem may have caused you.recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions./ Criterion B. The traumatic event is persistently reexperienced in one (or more) of the following ways:B-1, B-2,B-3, B-4, B-5/ Criterion C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by three (or more) of the following: C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6, C-7/ Criterion D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by two (or more) of the following: D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5

6. Have you ever tried to avoid thoughts or feelings about (EVENT)? (What kinds of thoughts or feelings did you try to avoid?) What about trying to avoid talking with other people about it? (Why is that?) How often in the past month (week)?

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