PTSD Screening Tool

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screen     
Summary: This is a calculator to screen for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).     
To use the PC-PTSD instrument, ask the patient, “In your life have you ever had any experience that was so frightening, horrible, or upsetting that in the past month you: (four question items below)
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[select name="Q1" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Have had nightmares about it or thought about it when you did not want to?
[select name="Q2" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Tried hard not to think about it or went out of your way to avoid situations that reminded you of it?
[select name="Q3" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Were constantly on guard, watchful, or easily startled?
[select name="Q4" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Felt numb or detached from others, activities, or your surroundings?
[select name="Q5" value="no=0|YES=1"] <-- Felt guilty or unable to stop blaming yourself or others for the event(s) or any problems the event(s) may have caused?
Result --> [calc value="score=(Q1)+(Q2)+(Q3)+(Q4)+(Q5);score>2?'positive screen for PTSD':'negative screen for PTSD'" memo="Interpretation"]
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reference:  
[link url="http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1215/p1848.html" memo="#1"] AAFP Point-of-Care Guide - Ebell (2007) Am Fam Physician 76: 1848-9
[link url="//www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/articles/article-pdf/id26676.pdf" memo="#2"] PDF article on the PC-PTSD Screening Tool Prins (2004) Prim Care Psych 9: 9-14 
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