Accomplishments
The VA National Center for PTSD has set the international agenda for trauma and PTSD research and education. Over its history the Center has:
- Developed the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), the gold standard for assessing PTSD
- Conducted the first VA Cooperative Study on PTSD, involving 15 national sites
- Conducted the first study of PTSD treatment for female veterans and active duty personnel, involving 12 national sites
- Established the PTSD Resource Center and the PILOTS database, the Center's online database of the Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress
- Created the leading website on trauma and PTSD
- Produced the Iraq War Clinician Guide to help providers treat returning service members
- Created the Psychological First Aid manual, with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, to help with mental health needs in the immediate aftermath of a disaster
- Developed PTSD 101, an online curriculum focusing on issues related to war zone stress and PTSD
The National Center produces the PTSD Research Quarterly (RQ) and the Clinician's Trauma Update-On-Line (CTU-Online). The RQ is published quarterly and contains a review article and a selective bibliography. The CTU-Online is published every other month and provides email summaries of clinically relevant publications that include links to articles or abstracts. The National Center for PTSD continues to educate VA and other mental health providers in the Center's week long Clinical Training Program.
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