A cross-cultural validation of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents in a Dutch population

Background: Trauma-focused interventions for children could be administered more efficiently and effectively if posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related symptoms were first investigated by a reliable and valid instrument. The Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents (CAPS-CA) is the gold standard for the assessment of PTSD. Until now no cross-cultural validation study has been published in an English peer-reviewed journal. Objective: This study aimed at the cross-cultural validation of the Dutch CAPS-CA. Method: A total of 112 children between the age of 8 and 18... Mehr ...