hardtrauma assessmentPCL-5nonverbal communicationtreatment-resistant depressiontrauma-informed care
A 29-year-old female presents for a psychiatric intake evaluation for treatment-resistant depression. She has failed three adequate trials of antidepressants and has persistent symptoms of insomnia, hypervigilance, emotional numbing, and difficulty maintaining intimate relationships. During the interview, when asked about trauma history using a standardized screening instrument, she becomes visibly tense, averts her gaze, and states 'nothing happened to me' while pulling her sleeves over her hands. Her affect shifts from cooperative engagement to constriction, and she subsequently provides only brief, guarded responses. Her PHQ-9 score is 19, and her PCL-5 score is 48, which she completed in the waiting room without apparent distress. Which assessment interpretation best integrates the verbal, nonverbal, and psychometric data in this presentation?