Florida Anxiety Clinic: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Disorders: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Self-Test.

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POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS D/O SELF-TEST

To see if you meet the diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, please complete the following self-test by clicking the "yes" or "no" boxes next to each question,

PART A: Did you:

Experience, witness, or were confronted by an event(s) that involved actual or threatened death, serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of yourself or someone else?

Yes No

Respond to the event(s) with intense fear, helplessness, or horror?

Yes No

PART B: Are you troubled by:

Recurrent intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions?

Yes No

Recurrent distressing dreams of the event?

Yes No

Acting or feeling as if the event were recurring (e.g., illusions, hallucinations, and flashbacks) ?

Yes No

Intense psychological distress at the exposure to cues that are similar to (or symbolize) an aspect of the traumatic event?

Yes No

React physically at the exposure to cues that are similar to (or symbolize) an aspect of the traumatic event?

Yes No

PART C: Do you:

Avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma?	Yes No
Avoid activities, places, or people that remind you of the trauma?	Yes No

Have problems recalling an important aspect of the trauma?

Yes No

Have less interest, or participate less, in significant activities?	Yes No
Feel detached or estranged from others?	Yes No

Have a restricted range of emotions, such as being unable to feel love)?

Yes No

Have a sense of a shortened future, such as not expecting a normal life span, children, career, or marriage?

Yes No

PART D: Are you troubled by:

Difficulty falling or staying asleep?	Yes No
Irritability or outbursts of anger?	Yes No

Difficulty concentrating?

Yes No

Being hypervigilant?	Yes No
Having an exaggerated startle response?	Yes No

PART E: Have you:

Had the symptoms mentioned in Parts B, C, and D for more than 1 month?	Yes No
Had significant distress or impairment in your daily functioning (e.g., social, occupational, or other areas)	Yes No

SCORING: You may have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder if:

Part A: You answered "Yes" to all items, and

Part B: You answered "Yes" to at least one item, and

Part C: You answered "Yes" to at least three items, and

Part D: You answered "Yes" to at least two items, and

Part E: You answered "Yes" to all items.

This test is meant to be informative and is not designed to provide a formal diagnosis. To determine if you have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, please contact one of our psychologists at the Florida Anxiety Clinic.

These criteria were extracted from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994.

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