The children's PTSD Inventory: Development and reliability

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-380

  Saigh, Philip A ^a   Yasik, Anastasia E ^b   Oberfield, Richard A ^b   Green, Bonnie L ^b   Halamandaris, Phill V ^b   Rubenstein, Hilary ^b   Nester, Jeanne ^b   Resko, Jody ^b   Hetz, Batia ^b   McHugh, Margaret ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Diagnosis; Structured interview; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033860179     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007750021626     Document Type: Article

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