PTSD Screening Questionnaire Test

In about 2 minutes, this screening helps gauge PTSD risk by spotting intrusive memories and heightened arousal like irritability or sleep trouble. Ten clear items make it a fast first step to decide if follow-up care is needed.

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Questions: 102 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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3/10

PTSD Symptom Severity (PSS)

Measures the severity of key post-traumatic stress symptoms such as intrusions and physiological arousal for rapid screening.

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Elevated risk

0 – 5: Within normal range | 6 – 10: Elevated risk

A score of 3 falls within the normal range, suggesting low levels of screened PTSD-related symptoms at this time.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Recent trauma survivors

41%OF USERS

People who went through an accident, assault, disaster, or loss use it to quickly check for intrusive memories and heightened arousal since the event.

First-time therapy seekers

34%OF USERS

People considering counseling take it to see whether their sleep issues, irritability, and flashbacks could warrant a deeper trauma-focused evaluation.

Clinician intake screeners

25%OF USERS

Healthcare and support staff use it during initial intake or crisis support to decide whether someone should be referred for further assessment.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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PTSD Symptom Scale (PSS)

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Normal range

3.7 — 6.3

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This questionnaire concerns your personal reactions to a traumatic event that happened to you. Listed below are some reactions that people sometimes experience after a traumatic event. Please answer “Yes” if you experienced the following symptoms at least twice during the past week.

- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No

These are 3 of the 10 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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PTSD Screening Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This brief self-report measure is used to screen for the likelihood of posttraumatic stress symptoms following exposure to a potentially traumatic event. The PTSD Screening Questionnaire provides a rapid check of common symptom domains (e.g., intrusive recollections and hyperarousal-related complaints) and is intended for initial case identification rather than diagnosis.

Developed by Brewin, C., the instrument consists of 10 items and typically takes about 2 minutes to complete. The PTSD Screening Questionnaire may be used in clinical and triage contexts to inform whether a more comprehensive trauma-focused assessment is indicated.

Author: Brewin, C.

Literature: Friedman, M. J., Keane, T. M., & Resick, P. A. (Eds.). Handbook of PTSD: science and practice. Guilford Press. 2014.; Brewin, C. R., Rose, S., Andrews, B., Green, J., Tata, P., McEvedy, C., Turner, S., & Foa, E. B. Brief screening instrument for post-traumatic stress disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2002.