The Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5)

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The Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) [508] is a very brief 5-item screening tool designed for use in primary care and other medical settings to identify probable PTSD [508]. The tool includes an introductory sentence to cue respondents to traumatic events; however, the tool does not include a list of potentially traumatic events. While the PC-PTSD-5 has not yet been validated for use among people with AOD use disorders, the reliability and validity of its predecessor (used to screen for PTSD based on DSM-IV criteria) has been established among people with AOD use disorders [509, 510]. This scale is included in Appendix R.