Whether you're screening for or responding to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, this set of three related inventories can improve assessment and focus treatment. The Trauma Assessment Inventories include two sets of materials:
Screening Kit, composed of the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) and the PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS).
Treatment Kit, composed of the Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI) and a brief worksheet called the Attitudes About Guilt Survey (AAGS).
SCREENING KIT: Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) and PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS). The TLEQ is a brief self-report inventory that asks about current and prior exposure to 21 kinds of potentially traumatic events (from natural disasters to sexual abuse). All events are described in behavioral terms, avoiding emotionally charged words such as "rape" or "abuse." Clients use a 7-point response format to indicate frequency of occurrence. Consistent with DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, follow-up probes ask whether respondents felt fear, helplessness, or horror during any event experienced.
TREATMENT KIT: Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI)
The TRGI is an event-focused self-report measure of trauma-related guilt. Unlike other trauma instruments, it assesses both cognitive and emotional aspects of guilt associated with a specific traumatic event (a combat experience, sexual abuse, or death of a loved one, for example). In addition, the TRGI is very useful in planning appropriate intervention and monitoring treatment effectiveness.

Whether you're screening for or responding to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, this set of three related inventories can improve assessment and focus treatment. The Trauma Assessment Inventories include two sets of materials:
Screening Kit, composed of the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) and the PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS).
Treatment Kit, composed of the Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI) and a brief worksheet called the Attitudes About Guilt Survey (AAGS).
SCREENING KIT: Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) and PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS). The TLEQ is a brief self-report inventory that asks about current and prior exposure to 21 kinds of potentially traumatic events (from natural disasters to sexual abuse). All events are described in behavioral terms, avoiding emotionally charged words such as "rape" or "abuse." Clients use a 7-point response format to indicate frequency of occurrence. Consistent with DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, follow-up probes ask whether respondents felt fear, helplessness, or horror during any event experienced.
TREATMENT KIT: Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI)
The TRGI is an event-focused self-report measure of trauma-related guilt. Unlike other trauma instruments, it assesses both cognitive and emotional aspects of guilt associated with a specific traumatic event (a combat experience, sexual abuse, or death of a loved one, for example). In addition, the TRGI is very useful in planning appropriate intervention and monitoring treatment effectiveness.

Whether you're screening for or responding to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, this set of three related inventories can improve assessment and focus treatment. The Trauma Assessment Inventories include two sets of materials:
Screening Kit, composed of the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) and the PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS).
Treatment Kit, composed of the Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI) and a brief worksheet called the Attitudes About Guilt Survey (AAGS).
SCREENING KIT: Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ) and PTSD Screening and Diagnostic Scale (PSDS). The TLEQ is a brief self-report inventory that asks about current and prior exposure to 21 kinds of potentially traumatic events (from natural disasters to sexual abuse). All events are described in behavioral terms, avoiding emotionally charged words such as "rape" or "abuse." Clients use a 7-point response format to indicate frequency of occurrence. Consistent with DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, follow-up probes ask whether respondents felt fear, helplessness, or horror during any event experienced.
TREATMENT KIT: Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI)
The TRGI is an event-focused self-report measure of trauma-related guilt. Unlike other trauma instruments, it assesses both cognitive and emotional aspects of guilt associated with a specific traumatic event (a combat experience, sexual abuse, or death of a loved one, for example). In addition, the TRGI is very useful in planning appropriate intervention and monitoring treatment effectiveness.

The HDI provides a contemporary, reliable, and easy-to-use self-report measure for adults.
The short-form version is useful as a screening instrument.
23-item Full-Scale HDI provides a comprehensive evaluation (scoring is simplified by the included HDI Scoring Program).
A 9-item HDI-Short Form is also available for use as a screening instrument when time constraints preclude using the full-scale HDI (easily hand-scored using the carbonless Test Booklet).
5th-grade reading level

The DAPS is a 104-item, detailed, and comprehensive clinical measure of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress. The instrument assesses peri- and posttraumatic symptoms (e.g., intrusion, avoidance, hyperarousal) and associated features (e.g., dissociative symptoms, substance abuse, suicidality) related to a specific traumatic event and generates a tentative diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Acute Stress Disorder ASD) in considerably less time than is required for a structured diagnostic interview. The diagnosis can then be confirmed by a clinical interview.
The DAPS assesses both current and lifetime history of DSM-IV-TR trauma exposure, as well as the severity and clinical significance of an individual's posttraumatic symptoms, including dissociative, cognitive, and emotional responses. The DAPS scales include the three PTSD symptom clusters (Reexperiencing, Avoidance, and Hyperarousal) and three associated features of PTSD: Trauma-Specific Dissociation, Suicidality, and Substance Abuse. Two validity scales identify overreporting and underreporting of psychological symptoms.

Previously known as the Traumatic Stress Institute, (TSI) Belief Scale, this highly useful new instrument assesses the long-lasting psychological impact of traumatic life events. The TABS helps clinicians design the most effective therapeutic approach for individual trauma survivors as well as important themes that characterize the client's relationships--often including the therapeutic relationship.
Assess 5 areas sensitive to the effects of trauma
Composed of 84 items, the TABS is a self-report, paper-and-pencil test. It assesses beliefs--about self and others--that are related to five needs commonly affected by traumatic experience:
Safety, Trust, Esteem, Intimacy, Control
For each of these dimensions, the TABS produces 10 scale scores reflecting "beliefs about self" and "beliefs about others." A Total Score is also provided.
The client rates each item on a 6-point scale. Adult norms are based on a heterogeneous sample of 1,743 individuals ages 18 and older. Youth norms are derived from a sample of 1,242 students, 9 to 18 years of age, from public schools throughout the United States. They are separated by age (9 to 13 years and 14 to 18 years). Youth norms are packaged with the Youth AutoScore Test/Profile Form (WPS Prod. # W-393C) Test items require only a third-grade reading level.
Use the TABS to examine relationship disruptions
Because the effects of trauma are so pervasive--often involving defenses, coping styles, view of self and others, ego resources, psychological needs, world view, and identity--the TABS has a wide range of clinical applications. It can be used even when a client does not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD since it addresses issues that frequently come up in therapy for other problems. Items do not focus on trauma-related symptoms per se, but rather on an individual's relationship history. They do not stigmatize or pathologize, making the TABS helpful in any therapeutic endeavor that is focused on relationship disruptions.
Brief, easy to read, nonthreatening, and highly sensitive to the specific effects of traumatic experience, the TABS gives clinicians a valuable tool in assessing trauma survivors, clients with PTSD, individuals with vicarious traumatization, and those with other psychological problems

The RDSI is a self-report measure designed to quickly assess symptoms of depression in adults. The RDSI items assess the contemporary symptoms of depression specified by the DSM-IV™ for Major Depressive Disorder. Although the RDSI does not provide a formal DSM-IV diagnosis, clinicians can use the empirically derived cutoff scores to identify those individuals who may be at-risk for more serious, diagnostic forms of depression. The RDSI development sample consisted of 855 adults: 531 nonreferred community adults and 324 psychiatric outpatients, including 150 outpatients diagnosed with Major Depression. The RDSI Professional Manual provides normative data based on a sample of 450 nonreferred community adults.

The RCDS was developed to screen for depression in children and can be used in schools or in clinical settings. It provides school and mental health professionals with a straightforward, easily administered measure for the evaluation of the severity of children's depressive symptoms. The RCDS can also be used in research on depression and related constructs. 30 items are rated on a 4-point scale. Hand scorable for individual or group administration. Reliability coefficients range from .87 to .91. Total sample alpha reliability of .90 and split-half reliability of .89. Validity consistently demonstrated in field testing since 1981. The Professional Manual provides basic information on the diagnosis and measurement of depression, a description of the RCDS and its development, normative information, and guidelines for interpretation.

The MAQ Total scale allows for a reasonably comprehensive evaluation of an individual's level of anxiety based on this brief self-report. The four symptom domains assessed are Physiological-Panic (12 items), Social Phobia (9 items), Worry-Fears (10 items), and Negative Affectivity (9 items). The MAQ Total scale also provides a cutoff score to assist in identifying individuals likely to have a clinically relevant level of anxiety symptomatology. As a specific measure of anxiety, the MAQ is useful in clinical situations either by itself or as part of a broader psychopathological assessment battery. It can be used in private practice, hospitals, or other clinical settings, and can be especially valuable in general medical settings, such as HMOs, where research suggests a significant proportion of general care patients demonstrate clinical levels of anxiety or anxiety disorders that often go on unrecognized and untreated. The MAQ is also well adapted for use in college settings. Anxiety problems are a major source of psychological distress for students because of the high levels of stress often associated with courses, environmental pressures, and peer pressures. The MAQ provides an efficient, cost-effective method to screen large groups for intervention and prevention programs.

The AARS is a 41-item psychometrically sound instrument that assesses the intensity and frequency of anger expression in adolescents. The items are consistent with behaviors identified in the DSM-IV™. Elevated AARS scores can help to identify adolescents who are at risk for diagnoses of Conduct Disorder (CD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Individuals indicate which behaviors they exhibit when angered and how often each behavior typically occurs; the 4-point response scale ranges from Hardly Ever to Very Often. Scores are reported for Total anger and for three subscales measuring aspects of the adolescent's typical anger response pattern: Instrumental Anger, Reactive Anger, and Anger Control. The goal of any anger intervention program is to help the adolescent manage his or her anger. Practitioners using the AARS will be able to select the most appropriate intervention program for the specific type(s) of anger the adolescent typically experiences. The AARS Professional Manual provides directions for administration, scoring, and interpretation (including case examples), as well as information about the development and validation of the instrument with students. Five ethnic groups were represented in the normative sample of 4,187 adolescents. Normative data are provided for boys and girls in middle schools and high schools. Additional information about the normative sample includes grade average, number of suspensions in the past year, number of friends, a rating of friends' behavior, and the primary person(s) with whom the adolescent lives. Statistical analyses support the use of the AARS in both clinical and research applications. Therapists who employ anger control training may find the AARS a useful measure of behavior change. The AARS also can be used to help practitioners select the most appropriate intervention program for the specific type(s) of anger the adolescent typically
experiences.