Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD)

Release Date:

November 21, 2014

Scope of Collection
Element Considered Final Measures in Toolkit

Trauma Exposure

  • Characteristics (severity, frequency, duration)
  • Age when exposed to trauma (first, most recent, worst)
  • Type of event (descriptive category; also interpersonal vs non-interpersonal)
  • Context (military/civilian)
  • Dimensions of exposure
Trauma Adversity and Exposure

Clinical Characterization (including major comorbidities)

  • Diagnostic and Severity (i.e., categorical and continuous)
  • Screening
  • Non-diagnostic symptom measures
PTSD Screener
PTSD Symptoms, Self-report
PTSD Symptoms, Severity, and Diagnosis

Moderating and/or Mediating Factors influencing posttraumatic adjustment

  • Adversity in Childhood
  • Education
  • Social Support
  • Mental Health (history)
  • Physical Health (history and current)
  • Life stressors and environment characteristics
Social Support
Biomarkers (relating clinical characteristics to neurobiology; potential moderators / mediators) Baseline and Trauma Challenge Physiology
Attentional Bias
Resting State fMRI
Functioning and Disability and Treatment-related Factors (refractoriness/responsiveness) General Well-Being
Disability due to Mental Health Symptoms
Working Group Roster:

WG Members:

Tanja Jovanovic, PhD, Co-Chair
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Danny G. Kaloupek, PhD, Co-Chair
VA Boston Healthcare System
Jamaica Plain, MA
Amit Etkin, Md, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Karestan C. Koenen, PhD
Columbia University
New York, NY
Alan L. Peterson, PhD
University of Texas, San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Arieh Y. Shalev, MD
NY Langone Medical Center
New York, NY

Mental Health Research Panel Liaison, WG Manager and WG Supervisor:

Jordan W. Smoller, MD, Mental Health Research Panel Liaison
Harvard University
Harvard Medical School
Belmont, MA
Violet Devairakkam, WG Manager
RTI International
Rockville, MD
Wayne Huggins, PhD, WG Supervisor
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC

National Institute of Mental Health Liaison:

Susan Borja, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Bethesda, MD
Farris K. Tuma, ScD
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Bethesda, MD

Department of Defense Liaison:

Ronald Hoover, PhD
United States Army Military Operational Medicine Research Program
Washington, DC
Dennis McGurk, LTC, PhD
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring, MD

Department of Veteran's Affairs Liaison:

Theresa Gleason, PhD
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC
Samantha Smith, PhD
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC

Supplemental Information includes protocols that the Working Group or Expert Review Panel considered useful and highly relevant to the domain but do not meet the criteria for inclusion in the Toolkit.

Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Supplemental Information includes:
Additional Information:

There is no additional information for this collection.

Measure Protocols Domain/Collection
Attentional Bias Add to My Toolkit Attentional Bias Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Baseline and Trauma Challenge Physiology Add to My Toolkit Baseline and Trauma Challenge Physiology Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Disability Due to Mental Health Symptoms Add to My Toolkit Disability Due to Mental Health Symptoms Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
General Well-being Add to My Toolkit General Well-being Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Military Service Demographics Add to My Toolkit Military Service Demographics Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
PTSD Screener Add to My Toolkit PTSD Screener - DSM 5 Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Add to My Toolkit PTSD Screener - DSM-IV Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
PTSD Symptoms, Self-report Add to My Toolkit PTSD Symptoms, Self-report - DSM 5 Psychiatric
Add to My Toolkit PTSD Symptoms, Self-report - DSM-IV Psychiatric
PTSD Symptoms, Severity, and Diagnosis Add to My Toolkit PTSD Symptoms, Severity, and Diagnosis - DSM 5 Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Add to My Toolkit PTSD Symptoms, Severity, and Diagnosis - DSM-IV Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Social Support Add to My Toolkit Social Support Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Trauma and Adversity Exposure Add to My Toolkit Trauma and Adversity Exposure - General Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection
Add to My Toolkit Trauma and Adversity Exposure - Military Post-traumatic Stress Psychopathology (including PTSD) Specialty Collection