Modification of CAPS-1 for diagnosis of PTSD in Afghan refugees

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 891-898

  Malekzai, A Samad Bazger ^a   Niazi, John M ^a   Paige, Stephen R ^a,b   Hendricks, Shelton E ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Denis ^a   Leuschen, M Patricia ^a   Millimet, C Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghan; CAPS 1; PTSD assessment; refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029912674     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02104111     Document Type: Article

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