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DVBCQPT2  ;;ALB-CIOFO/ECF - PTSD QUESTIONNAIRE ; 5/10/2010
 ;;2.7;AMIE;**161**;Apr 10, 1995;Build 8
 ;
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 ;;
 ;; Your patient is applying to the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
 ;; (VA) for disability benefits.  VA will consider the information you
 ;; provide on this questionnaire as part of their evaluation in processing
 ;; the Veteran's claim.
 ;;
 ;; NOTE: If the Veteran experiences a mental health emergency during the
 ;; interview, please terminate the interview and obtain help, using local
 ;; resources as appropriate. You may also contact the VA Suicide Prevention
 ;; Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK. Stay on the Hotline until help can link the
 ;; Veteran to emergency care.
 ;;
 ;; This form is for use only by VHA and VBA staff and contract psychiatrists
 ;; or psychologists.
 ;;
 ;; In order to conduct an initial examination for PTSD, the examiner must meet
 ;; one of the following criteria: a board-certified or board-eligible
 ;; psychiatrist; a licensed doctorate-level psychologist; a doctorate-level
 ;; mental health provider under the close supervision of a board-certified or
 ;; board-eligible psychiatrist or licensed doctorate-level psychologist; a
 ;; psychiatry resident under close supervision of a board-certified or
 ;; board-eligible psychiatrist or licensed doctorate-level psychologist; or a
 ;; clinical or counseling psychologist completing a one-year internship or
 ;; residency (for purposes of a doctorate-level degree) under close supervision
 ;; of a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist or licensed
 ;; doctorate-level psychologist. 
 ;;
 ;; 1. Diagnosis
 ;;
 ;; a. Does the Veteran have a diagnosis of PTSD that conforms to DSM-IV 
 ;; criteria?
 ;;
 ;; ___ Yes   ___ No
 ;;
 ;; Date of diagnosis of PTSD: ____________
 ;;
 ;; ICD code: _________
 ;;
 ;; Name of diagnosing facility or clinician: __________________________________
 ;;^TOF^
 ;; b. If no diagnosis of PTSD, check all that apply:
 ;;
 ;; ___ Veteran's symptoms do not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD under
 ;;     DSM-IV criteria
 ;; ___ Veteran has another Axis I-IV diagnosis
 ;;     If checked, list the Axis I-IV diagnoses and then also complete the
 ;;     Mental Health and/or Eating Disorder Questionnaire(s):
 ;;     ________________________________________________________________________
 ;;
 ;;     ________________________________________________________________________
 ;; ___ Other trauma spectrum disorder
 ;; ___ Veteran does not have a mental disorder that conforms with DSM-IV
 ;;     criteria
 ;; ___ Other (describe): ______________________________________________________
 ;; 
 ;; c. If there is a diagnosis of PTSD, does the Veteran also have any other
 ;;    Axis I-IV diagnoses?
 ;;
 ;; ___ Yes   ___ No
 ;; (If yes, indicate additional diagnoses below. There is no need to also
 ;; complete the Mental Health or Eating Disorder Questionnaire)
 ;;
 ;;    Additional mental health disorder diagnosis #1: _________________________
 ;;    Date of diagnosis: ________________
 ;;    ICD code: __________
 ;;    Name of diagnosing facility or clinician: _______________________________
 ;;    Indicate the Axis category:
 ;;    ___ Axis I    ___ Axis II    ___ Axis III    ___ Axis IV
 ;; 
 ;;    Describe the condition and its relationship to PTSD: ____________________
 ;;
 ;;    _________________________________________________________________________
 ;;
 ;;
 ;;   Additional mental health disorder diagnosis #2: __________________________
 ;;   Date of diagnosis: ________________
 ;;   ICD code: __________
 ;;   Name of diagnosing facility or clinician: ________________________________
 ;;   Indicate the Axis category:
 ;;   ___ Axis I    ___ Axis II    ___ Axis III    ___ Axis IV
 ;;
 ;;   Describe the condition and its relationship to PTSD: _____________________
 ;;
 ;;   __________________________________________________________________________
 ;;
 ;;^TOF^
 ;;    Additional mental health disorder diagnosis #3: _________________________
 ;;    Date of diagnosis: ________________
 ;;    ICD code: __________
 ;;    Name of diagnosing facility or clinician: _______________________________
 ;;    Indicate the Axis category:
 ;;    ___ Axis I    ___ Axis II    ___ Axis III    ___ Axis IV
 ;; 
 ;;    Describe the condition and its relationship to PTSD: ____________________
 ;;
 ;;    _________________________________________________________________________
 ;;
 ;; If additional diagnoses, describe, using above format: _____________________
 ;;
 ;; 2. Medical History
 ;;
 ;; Describe the history (including onset and course) of the Veteran's PTSD (and
 ;; other mental disorders) (brief summary): 
 ;; ____________________________________________________________________________
 ;;
 ;; 3. Diagnostic criteria
 ;;
 ;; Please check boxes next to symptoms below. The diagnostic criteria for
 ;; PTSD, referred to as Criteria A-F, are from the Diagnostic and Statistical
 ;; Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV).
 ;;
 ;; Criterion A: The Veteran has been exposed to a traumatic event where both
 ;; of the following were present:
 ;;
 ;;   ___ The Veteran experienced, witnessed or was confronted with an event
 ;;       that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a
 ;;       threat to the physical integrity of self or others.
 ;;   ___ The Veteran's response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror.
 ;;   ___ No exposure to a traumatic event
 ;;
 ;; Criterion B: The traumatic event is persistently reexperienced in 1 or more
 ;; of the following ways:
 ;;
 ;;   ___ Recurrent and distressing recollections of the event, including
 ;;       images, thoughts or perceptions
 ;;   ___ Recurrent distressing dreams of the event
 ;;   ___ Acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring; this
 ;;       includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations
 ;;       and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur on
 ;;       awakening or when intoxicated
 ;;   ___ Intense psychological distress at exposure to internal or external
 ;;       cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event
 ;;   ___ Physiological reactivity on exposure to internal or external cues that
 ;;       symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event
 ;;   ___ The traumatic event is not persistently reexperienced
 ;;^TOF^
 ;; Criterion C: Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and
 ;; numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as
 ;; indicated by 3 or more of the following:
 ;;
 ;;   ___ Efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings or conversations associated with
 ;;       the trauma
 ;;   ___ Efforts to avoid activities, places or people that arouse
 ;;       recollections of the trauma
 ;;   ___ Inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma
 ;;   ___ Markedly diminished interest or participation in significant          
 ;;       activities
 ;;   ___ Feeling of detachment or estrangement from others
 ;;   ___ Restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings)
 ;;   ___ Sense of a foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a
 ;;       career, marriage, children or a normal life span)
 ;;   ___ No persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma or
 ;;       numbing of general responsiveness
 ;;
 ;; Criterion D: Persistent symptoms of increased arousal, not present before
 ;; the trauma, as indicated by 2 or more of the following:
 ;;
 ;;   ___ Difficulty falling or staying asleep
 ;;   ___ Irritability or outbursts of anger
 ;;   ___ Difficulty concentrating
 ;;   ___ Hypervigilance
 ;;   ___ Exaggerated startle response
 ;;   ___ No persistent symptoms of increased arousal
 ;;
 ;; Criterion E:
 ;;
 ;;   ___ The duration of the symptoms described above in Criteria B, C and D
 ;;       is more than 1 month.
 ;;   ___ The duration of the symptoms described above in Criteria B, C and D
 ;;       is less than 1 month.
 ;;   ___ No symptoms
 ;;^TOF^
 ;; Criterion F:
 ;;
 ;;   ___ The symptoms described above in Criteria B, C and D cause clinically
 ;;       significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other
 ;;       important areas of functioning.
 ;;   ___ The symptoms described above in Criteria B, C and D do NOT cause
 ;;       clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational,
 ;;       or other important areas of functioning.
 ;;   ___ No symptoms
 ;;
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