Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Screening and Assessments Measures:

  • Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5
  • List of All Measures - PTSD: National Center for PTSD (va.gov)

Resources

  • PTSD Provider Consultation Program
  • National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs – Office of Research and Development – PTSD
  • PTSD Program Locator
  • Uniformed Services University, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
  • Veteran PTSD Self-Screener
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy Coach Application for providers
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy Coach Application for patients
  • Prolonged Exposure Coach Application for patients
  • Prolonged Exposure Coach Application for providers
  • PTSD Coach (self help)
  • PTSD Family Coach (self-help)

Guidelines

  • VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines – Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Reaction
Traumatic Brain Injury

Assessments:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury - Brief Traumatic Brain Injury Screen (BTBIS)

Resources

  • Defense and Veteran’s Brain Injury Center
  • Brain Injury Association of America
  • Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) Center of Excellence, TBI toolkit

Guidelines

  • VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines - Mild TBI
Anxiety Disorder

Assessments:

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale - National Council for Mental Wellbeing
  • 9 (PHQ-9): Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) - National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Depression

Assessments:

  • Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
  • Patient Health Questionnaire – 9 (PHQ-9)
  • Geriatric Depression Scale

Resources

  • Veteran Self-Screening Tools

Guidelines

  • VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines – Management of Major Depressive Disorder
Pain

Assessments:

  • PEG – 3 item assessment of pain intensity and interference
  • Opioid Risk Tool

Resources

  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, Pain Management

Guidelines

  • CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain – United States 2022
  • American Academy of Pain Medicine Guidelines
  • VA/DoD Guidelines – Opioid Therapy
  • VA/DoD Guidelines – Low Back Pain
  • VA/DoD Clinical Practive Guidelines - Headache
Suicide Risk

Assessments:

  • Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS/Screen Version)
  • Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T)
  • Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)

Resources

  • VA Suicide Prevention Resources
  • VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines – Assessment and Management of Patients At Risk For Suicide
  • Lethal Means Safety
  • Veterans Suicide Crisis Line
  • Psych Armor: Suicide Prevention and the Safe Storage of Firearms
  • Psych Armor: Suicide Prevention for Military-Connected Youth
Substance Use Disorder

Screening and Assessments::

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test –AUDIT
  • Alcohol Use Screener for Older Adults
  • CAGE

Resources

  • Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
  • Substance Use Disorder Helpline – 1-855-780-5955 (for providers and patients for treatment education & referral and care advocate assignment)
  • VA Substance Abuse Program Locator
  • Medication Assisted Treatment - Optum
  • Shatterproof
  • Veteran Self-Screening Tool – Other Substances

Guidelines

  • American Society of Addiction Medicine Practice Guidelines
  • VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines
Cognitive Status & Social Supports

Assessments:

  • Short Portable Mental Health Status Questionnaire

Resources:

  • Geriatrics and Extended Care – Dementia Care – VA
Child and Domestic Abuse

Resources

  • Military One Source
  • Health Care Provider Information – Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
  • Beyond Military Sexual Trauma (self-help app)
  • MST PsychArmor Course
  • Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program
  • Make the Connection – Effects of Military Sexual Trauma