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Life Events Checklist for DSM-5

The LEC-5 is a 17-item self-report checklist assessing exposure to stressful life events that may result in PTSD or trauma-related mental health problems. Developed by Weathers and colleagues at the National Center for PTSD in 2013, the LEC-5 identifies which types of traumatic events a person has experienced, determining the presence of a qualifying trauma exposure according to DSM-5 Criterion A. The scale is widely used in PTSD research, clinical assessment, and disaster mental health screening.

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Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / trauma-psychology
  • Weathers, F. W., Blake, D. D., Schnurr, P. P., Kaloupek, D. G., Marx, B. P., & Keane, T. M. (2013). The Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5). National Center for PTSD. Available from: www.ptsd.va.gov · URL
  • Gray, M. J., Litz, B. T., Hsu, J. L., & Lombardo, T. W. (2004). Psychometric properties of the Life Events Checklist. Assessment, 11(4), 330-341. · DOI 10.1177/1073191104269954
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Same method familyImpact of Event Scale Revisedmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPost-Traumatic Growth Inventorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPrimary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5machine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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