Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Military Test

INSTRUCTIONS TO PATIENT: Below is a list of problems and complaints that veterans sometimes have in response to stressful military experiences. Please read each one carefully, put an X in the box to indicate how much you have been bothered by that problem in the past month.

		Not at all	A little bit	Moderately	Quite a bit	Extremely
1.	Repeated, disturbing memories, thoughts, or images of a stressful military experience?	1	2	3	4	5
2.	Repeated, disturbing dreams of a stressful military experience?	1	2	3	4	5
3.	Suddenly acting or feeling as if a stressful military experience were happening again (as if you were reliving it)?	1	2	3	4	5
4.	Feeling very upset when something reminded you of a stressful military experience?	1	2	3	4	5
5.	Having physical reactions (e.g., heart pounding, trouble breathing, sweating) when something reminded you of a stressful military experience?	1	2	3	4	5
6.	Avoiding thinking about or talking about a stressful military experience or avoiding having feelings related to it?	1	2	3	4	5
7.	Avoiding activities or situations because they reminded you of a stressful military experience?	1	2	3	4	5
		Not at all	A little bit	Moderately	Quite a bit	Extremely
8.	Trouble remembering important parts of a stressful military experience?	1	2	3	4	5
9.	Loss of interest in activities that you used to enjoy?	1	2	3	4	5
10.	Feeling distant or cut off from other people?	1	2	3	4	5
11.	Feeling emotionally numb or being unable to have loving feelings for those close to you?	1	2	3	4	5
12.	Feeling as if your future will somehow be cut short?	1	2	3	4	5
13.	Trouble falling or staying asleep?	1	2	3	4	5
14.	Feeling irritable or having angry outbursts?	1	2	3	4	5
15.	Having difficulty concentrating?	1	2	3	4	5
16.	Being "super-alert" or watchful or on guard?	1	2	3	4	5
17.	Feeling jumpy or easily startled?	1	2	3	4	5

Weathers, Litz, Huska, & Keane; National Center for PTSD - Behavioral Science Division. This is a government document in the public domain.

Here are a few of the references on the PCL. These were taken from PILOTS database (the world's largest database on traumatic stress) http://www.ncptsd.org/PILOTS.html. There are other citations of the PCL, which has been used in hundreds of studies. Please consult PILOTS for more information.

Smith, Meredith Y; Redd, William H; DuHamel, Katherine; Vickberg, Suzanne Johnson; Ricketts, Patricia. (1999). Validation of the PTSD Checklist-Civilian version in survivors of bone marrow transplantation.Journal of Traumatic Stress (ISSN: 0894-9867), v. 12, no. 3, pp. 485-499

Campbell, Keith A; Rohlman, Diane S; Storzbach, Daniel; Binder, Laurence M; Anger, W Kent; Kovera, Craig A; Davis, Kelly L; Grossmann, Sandra J. (1999). Test-retest reliability of psychological and neurobehavioral tests self-administered by computer.Assessment (ISSN: 1073-1911), v. 6, no. 1, pp. 21-32.

Manne, Sharon L; Du Hamel, Katherine; Gallelli, Kim; Sorgen, Karen; Redd, William H. (1998). Posttraumatic stress disorder among mothers of pediatric cancer survivors: diagnosis, comorbidity, and utility of the PTSD Checklist as a screening instrument. Journal of Pediatric Psychology (ISSN: 0146-8693), v. 23, no. 6, pp. 357-366.

Andrykowski, Michael A; Cordova, Matthew J; Studts, Jamie L; Miller, Thomas W. (1998). Posttraumatic stress disorder after treatment for breast cancer: prevalence of diagnosis and use of the PTSD Checklist - Civilian Version (PCL-C) as a screening instrument. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (ISSN: 0022-006X), v. 66, no. 3, pp. 586-590.

Blanchard, Edward B; Jones-Alexander, Jacqueline; Buckley, Todd C; Forneris, Catherine A. (1996). Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist (PCL). Behaviour Research and Therapy (ISSN: 0005-7967), v. 34, no. 8, pp. 669-673.

Koivisto, Hanna; Haapasalo, Jaana. (1996). Childhood maltreatment and adulthood psychopathology in light of file-based assessments among mental state examinees. Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention (ISSN: 1102-3937), v. 5, no. 1, pp. 91-104.

Cordova, Matthew J; Andrykowski, Michael A; Kenady, Daniel E; McGrath, Patrick C; Sloan, David A; Redd, William H. (1995). Frequency and correlates of posttraumatic-stress-disorder-like symptoms after treatment for breast cancer. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (ISSN: 0022-006X), v. 63, no. 6, pp. 981-986.

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