Citation

Griffin MG, Uhlmansiek MH, Resick PA, Mechanic MB. J. Trauma. Stress 2004; 17(6): 497-503.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology and Center for Trauma Recovery, University of Missouri--St Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63121, USA. michael_griffin@umsl.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1007/s10960-004-5798-4

PMID

15730068

PMCID

PMC2977525

Abstract

The posttraumatic diagnostic scale (PDS) is a self-report instrument for PTSD that is simple to administer and has demonstrated good psychometric properties. We compared the PDS with the gold standard clinician administered PTSD scale (CAPS) diagnostic interview for PTSD. We assessed 138 women who were victims of domestic violence using both the PDS and the CAPS. Findings confirmed that PTSD develops at a high base rate in this sample. The PDS generally performed well in relation to the CAPS although with a tendency to overdiagnose PTSD. The findings lend further support to the use of the PDS as a diagnostic tool for PTSD but indicate that it is better at identifying survivors with PTSD than those without the disorder.

Language: en