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    LOS ANGELES COUNTY

    PDS® Quick Guide


    Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale
    DEPARTMENT OF
    MENTAL HEALTH Completed by adults ages 18-70, during the First and Last EBP Treatment
    Quality, Outcomes, & Training Sessions, and every 6 months, if treatment continues, for the following EBP:
    Division
    [email protected]  Prolonged Exposure for PTSD (PE)
    Clinical Utility
    Purpose  Aids in diagnosis and treatment planning
     The PDS is a 49-item screening  Useful for identifying client’s concerns
    instrument, based on DSM-IV  Helpful in determining duration of symptoms (acute vs. chronic)
    diagnostic criteria for  Identifies symptom severity
    Posttraumatic Stress Disorder  Evaluates the client’s level of functional impairment
    (PTSD)
     It is designed to assess the
    presence and severity of PTSD Sections of the PDS
    symptoms experienced in the  12-item trauma inventory
    past month Part 1  If client responds “no” to items 1-12, s/he does not need to
     It is sensitive enough to monitor complete the questionnaire and does not meet diagnostic criteria
    short-term treatment progress, for PTSD
    so it can be administered at any  8 items that parallel criteria A of DSM-IV PTSD diagnosis,
    time during the course of Part 2 identifying the traumatic event as well as the person’s response
    treatment to the event
     Assesses the intensity and frequency of the 17 DSM-IV PTSD
    symptoms clients may experience
     Symptoms are presented in the three symptom clusters listed in
    Administration the DSM-IV, i.e., re-experiencing, avoidance, and arousal
     The PDS is a self-report Part 3  Respondents rate the severity of the symptom from 0 (“not at all
    questionnaire or only one time”) to 3 (“5 or more times a week/almost
     It requires a minimum 8th grade always”)
    reading level  Evaluates the duration of the symptoms and the length of time
     The PDS should be completed between traumatic event and symptom onset
    by adults ages 18-70  Identifies the functional impairment relative to the individual’s
    Part 4 symptoms

    Scoring Information
    Hand Scoring Scales
     Please review to make sure Reveals whether or not client is reporting that his/her
    client has answered every Level of Impairment posttraumatic symptoms have interfered with his/her
    item in Functioning – relationship with friends and family, work, fun or leisure
     Please see PDS Hand- Symptom Distress activities, or client’s general satisfaction with life in the past
    Scoring Directions booklet month
    for scoring instruction details Number of Reveals the total number of PTSD symptoms client endorsed
    Symptoms Endorsed
    Total Severity Score Symptom Severity Reflects the severity of PTSD symptoms endorsed by client
     The PDS yields a total Score
    severity score (ranging from
    0-51) that reflects the
    frequency of the 17
    symptoms of PTSD Symptom Severity Score Symptom Severity Rating
    0 No Rating
    1-10 Mild
    11-20 Moderate
    21-35 Moderate to Severe
    36-51 Severe

    Number of Omitted Items Excessive Omits?


    0-5 No
    6-12 Yes, symptoms may be understated
    Revised: April 1, 2020 13-36 Yes, results are questionable

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