The utility of the SCL-90-R for the diagnosis of war-zone related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-128

  Weathers, Frank W ^a,b   Litz, Brett T ^a,b   Keane, Terence M ^a,b   Herman, Debra S ^a,b   Steinberg, Howard R ^a,b   Huska, Jennifer A ^a,b   Kraemer, Helena C ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; psychometric; PTSD; SCL 90 R; signal detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; WAR;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0030034854     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02116837     Document Type: Article

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