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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2013 Jun 20;208(3):215–224. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.011

Table 1c.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder SCID and KSADS Coding Algorithm

# Positive Symptoms from Section B # Positive Symptoms from Section C # Positive Symptoms from Section D Duration
Full Diagnosis of PTSD 1 3 2 ≥ 1 month
Subthreshold Diagnosis of PTSD* 1 2 1.5 ≥ 1 month
*

OR Full Criteria needs to be met for two of the three sections (B, C, or D), to meet subthreshold diagnosis