Clinical utility of a brief diagnostic test for posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-47

  Carlier, Ingrid V E ^a   Lamberts, Regina D ^a   Van Uchelen, Annephine J ^a   Gersons, Berthold P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Self rating scale for PTSD (SRS PTSD); Structured interview for PTSD (SI PTSD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031917902     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199801000-00010     Document Type: Article

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