Psychiatry · Primary Care
DSM-5 PTSD Criteria calculator
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Clinical inputs
Allowed range: 0–5 symptoms
Allowed range: 0–2 symptoms
Allowed range: 0–7 symptoms
Allowed range: 0–6 symptoms
Allowed range: 0–240 months
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Clinical inputs
- Criterion A traumatic exposure
- Number of intrusion symptoms (need ≥1)Accepted range: 0 to 5
- Number of avoidance symptoms (need ≥1)Accepted range: 0 to 2
- Number of cognition and mood symptoms (need ≥2)Accepted range: 0 to 7
- Number of arousal and reactivity symptoms (need ≥2)Accepted range: 0 to 6
- Months the symptoms have lastedAccepted range: 0 to 240
- Clinically significant distress or impairment
- Not attributable to a substance or another medical condition
Primary source
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. 2013. DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596. PTSD requires a criterion A trauma, at least 1 intrusion symptom, at least 1 avoidance symptom, at least 2 cognition or mood symptoms, at least 2 arousal symptoms, duration longer than 1 month, functional impairment, and exclusion of a substance or medical cause. The result is how many of those 8 requirements are met. (2013)
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