Derivation of the SPAN, a brief diagnostic screening test for post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-70

  Meltzer Brody, Samantha ^a   Churchill, E ^a   Davidson, Jonathan R T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Davidson Trauma Scale; Psychometrics; PTSD; Scale development; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRIAZINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0032725181     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(99)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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