Rate of PTSD symptoms on the K-SADS | Rate of PTSD symptoms on the CATS | ||
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symptom | % | symptom | % |
Comparable Symptoms | |||
Recurrent thoughts or images of events | 28 | I go over and over what happened in my mind | 40 |
Efforts to avoid thoughts or images associated with the trauma | 28 | I try not to think about what happened | 47 |
Insomnia | 22 | I sleep poorly | 26 |
Irritability or outbursts of anger | 24 | I am grouch and irritable | 36 |
Distress at reminders of event | 16 | When something reminds me of what happened I get tense and upset | 21 |
Exaggerated startle response | 17 | I am jumpy and nervous | 29 |
Nightmares | 16 | I have bad dreams about what happened | 9 |
Difficulty concentrating | 19 | I have trouble keeping my mind on things | 28 |
Efforts to avoid activities or situations that arouse recollections of the trauma | 21 | I try to stay away from things that remind me of what happened | 21 |
Non-comparable Symptoms | |||
Sense of foreshortened future | 3 | I worry that what happened will happen again | 57 |
Feelings of detachment or estrangement | 21 | I get scared when I think about what happened | 38 |
Inability to recall important aspects of the trauma | 10 | I have unwanted thoughts about what happened | 21 |
Restricted affect | 28 | Â | Â |
Hypervigilance | 17 | Â | Â |
Physiological reactivity upon exposure to reminders | 9 | Â | Â |
Dissociative episodes, illusions or hallucinations | 21 | Â | Â |
Diminished interest in activities | 22 | Â | Â |
Repetitive play related to event / reenactment | 2 | Â | Â |