Frequency In the past week, have you become upset when you were exposed to things that remind of the event? (For example, males for rape victims, sounds of helicopters for war victims) How often? Intensity At its worst, how much distress or discomfort did exposure to these reminders cause you? 0 1 2 Never Once Two or three times 0 1 2 3 4 Four or five times Daily or almost daily 3 4 None Mild, minimal distress Moderate, distress clearly present, but still manageable Severe, incapacitating distress Extreme, incapacitating (3) sudden acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring(includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative/flashback episodes, even those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) Frequency In the past week, have you acted or felt as if the event was happening again? How often? Intensity At its worst, how much did it seem that the event was happening again? How long did it last? What did you do while this was happening? 0 1 Never Once 0 1 2 Two or three times 2 3 Four or five times 3 but 4 Daily or almost every day retained some awareness of surroundings 4 Extreme, complete dissociation, no awareness of surroundings, possible amnesia for the episode (4) recurrent distressing dreams of the event Frequency In the past week, have you had unpleasant dreams of the event? How often? Not at all Mild, more realistic than just thinking about the event Moderate,definite but transient dissociative quality;still aware of surroundings Severe, strongly dissociative quality, Intensity At their worst, how much distress did these dreams cause you? Did they wake you up? What were you feeling when woke up? How long does it take you to get back to sleep?