Exploring the gold-standard: Evidence for a two-factor model of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM–5.

Abstract

These findings indicate that the CAPS-5 can be seen as measuring 2 distinct phenomena: posttraumatic stress disorder and general posttraumatic dysphoria. This is an important contribution to the current debate on which latent factors constitute PTSD and may reduce discordance. (PsycINFO Database Record