Explain the psychometric properties of the rating scale you were assigned. Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5)

 
The CAPS-5 is a structured interview which is designed to make a categorical PTSD
diagnosis (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2021). CAPS-5 is an extensively validated and
widely used structured diagnostic interview for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “CAPS-5
diagnosis demonstrated strong interrater reliability and test–retest reliability, as well as strong
correspondence with a diagnosis based on the CAPS for DSM–IV” (Weathers et al., 2018). The
CAPS-5 has continuity in evidence-based assessment of PTSD in the transition from DSM–
IV to DSM–5 criteria.
It is designed to measure how severe PTSD symptoms are. It is a 30-item structured
interview, and it can be a golden standard to evaluate the current PTSD, lifetime diagnosis of
PTSD, and assess PTSD symptoms over the past week (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
2021). The questions are designed to assess PTSD durations of symptoms, distress, impact of
social and occupational function, overall response validity, overall PTSD severity, and
dissociative subtype (depersonalization and derealization). It also evaluates each of the
symptoms, and it can indicate the severity of traumatic event. Therefore, the LIFE EVENT