Predicting PTSD in trauma survivors: Prospective evaluation of self- report and clinician-administered instruments

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue JUNE, 1997, Pages 558-564

  Shalev, Arieh Y ^a   Freedman, Sara ^a   Peri, Tuvia ^a   Brandes, Dalia ^a   Sahar, Tali ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030846727     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.6.558     Document Type: Article

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