PTSD-8

The following are symptoms that people sometimes have after experiencing, witnessing or being confronted with a traumatic event. Please read each one carefully and mark your answer with an X according to how much the symptoms have bothered you since the trauma (One X per question).
Not at all Rarely Some-times Most of the time
1.Recurrent thoughts or memories of the event.
2.Feelings as though the event is happening again.
3.Recurrent nightmares about the event.
4.Sudden emotional or physical reactions when reminded of the event.
5.Avoiding activities that remind you of the event.
6.Avoiding thoughts or feelings associated with the event.
7.Feeling jumpy, easily startled.
8.Feeling on guard.

Please note for using PTSD-8 to diagnose PTSD the following DSM-IV criteria have to be met. The event has to involve actual or threatened death, serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or other (A1) and the experience of intense fear, helplessness or horror (A2). The symptoms have to be present for at least one month after the trauma (E) and cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (F).

PTSD-8

The following are symptoms that people sometimes have after experiencing, witnessing or being confronted with a traumatic event. Please read each one carefully and mark your answer with an X according to how much the symptoms have bothered you since the trauma (One X per question).
Not at all Rarely Some-times Most of the time
1.Recurrent thoughts or memories of the event.
2.Feelings as though the event is happening again.
3.Recurrent nightmares about the event.
4.Sudden emotional or physical reactions when reminded of the event.
5.Avoiding activities that remind you of the event.
6.Avoiding thoughts or feelings associated with the event.
7.Feeling jumpy, easily startled.
8.Feeling on guard.

Please note for using PTSD-8 to diagnose PTSD the following DSM-IV criteria have to be met. The event has to involve actual or threatened death, serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or other (A1) and the experience of intense fear, helplessness or horror (A2). The symptoms have to be present for at least one month after the trauma (E) and cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (F).