The first review of the full range of instruments, techniques, strandardized measures, and procedures used to assess psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nineteen articles cover such topics as how to use standarized protocols for assessing PTSD and dissociative disorders; techniques to assess gender, multicultural, and ethnic dimensions of trauma; psychophysiological and neurological procedures of PTSD assessment; and assessment issues relevant to specific populations, such as traumatized children and adult survivors of abuse.