The DAWBA clinical rater's manual
Practice cases relevant to post-traumatic stress disorder
For each case:
- Click onto the case number to move to the rating screens for that case.
- Use the information from the rating screens to answer the questions.
- Check your answers by reading what we say in the text box in Note.
- You can also look at the DSM and ICD screens
to see our clinical diagnoses.
If you haven't yet learnt to navigate your way round the rating screens, we strongly recommend
you click here to work your way through the introductory tutorial
before starting on the practice cases listed below.
- Explore why this child fulfils criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD according to
ICD-10 and not DSM-IV. Given the clinical picture revealed by the reports and the
open-ended comments, should this child be considered to have PTSD according to DSM-IV
after all?
- Do you accept the three other anxiety diagnoses generated by the computer?
- Do you agree with the diagnosis of depressive disorder?
- Why does the computer diagnose PTSD on ICD-10 but not DSM-IV?
- What are the diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder,
and where is this child in relation to the threshold for diagnosis?
- In what way do the open-ended comments help with the clinical diagnosis?
- What aspects of the open-ended comments are consistent with a diagnosis of
post-traumatic stress disorder?
- Do you think the diagnosis of separation anxiety is appropriate?
- How could the teacher's concerns be recognised?
Last modified : 11/07/14