Hospitalized adolescents' reports of sexual and physical abuse: A comparison of two self-report measures

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 641-654

  Lipschitz, Deborah S ^a,b   Bernstein, David P ^c   Winegar, Robert K ^d   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse questionnaire; Adolescents; Comparison; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGLECT; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0033387805     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024717117960     Document Type: Article

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