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December 5, 2025The Clinical Neuropsychologist

The PTSD checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) symptom severity validity scale detects symptom overreporting among adult civilian neuropsychological outpatients

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GKGráinne KentTKTyler J. KuklaJFJohn‐Christopher A. Finley

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Overview

Evaluation improves symptom overreporting detection in civilian populations with adverse childhood events, suggesting targeted cutoffs.

Key Points

  • The study found that the PCL-5 Symptom Severity validity scale effectively detects symptom overreporting.
  • An optimal cutoff score of 39 was established, adjusting to 41 for high adverse childhood events cases.
  • Receiver operating characteristic analyses were employed to determine cutoff accuracy across different risk classifications.
  • This highlights the need for further validation among veteran populations due to cutoff variability.

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Kent et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/694022492d562116f28fbea4https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2025.2598360
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