Thank you for your inquiry about the Life Events and Posttraumatic Stress Modules of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA).

DESCRIPTION: the Life Events and Posttraumatic Stress Modules were developed by E.J. Costello, Ph.D., A. Angold, MRCPsych, and colleagues to collect information about events occurring in the life and environment of the subject that could pose a risk for resulting psychopathology. When painful recall, avoidance, or hyperarousal are associated with an event, the presence of symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress is explored. The modules are published as part of The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA) by Angold, Cox, Prendergast, Rutter, and Simonoff.

Click the pdf links below to review Life Events/PTSD:

  Child Life Events/PTSD

  Parent Life Events/PTSD

  Glossary

COPYRIGHT PERMISSION: Should you wish to administer the Life Events/PTSD modules to your clients or for your research study, please describe your proposed use and write to the address below to receive a letter of copyright approval from Jane Costello, Ph.D., at no charge. Citation in published work would be appreciated.

Developmental Epidemiology Center
Attention: Letitia Huger
DUMC Box 3454
Durham, North Carolina 27710

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please contact Letitia Huger at (919) 687-4686, extension 272.

PERTINENT CITATIONS:

Costello E.J., Angold A., March J., & Fairbank, J. (1998) Life events and post-traumatic stress: The development of a new measure for children and adolescents. Psychological Medicine, 28: 1275-1288.

Costello E.J., Fairbank J., Erkanli A., & Angold A. (submitted) Developmental epidemiology of potentially traumatic events. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Angold, A., Prendergast, M., Cox, A., Harrington, R., Simonoff, E. & Rutter, M. (1995) The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA). Psychological Medicine 23: 739-753.