Psychometric study of a brief screen for PTSD: Assessing the impact of multiple traumatic events

Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-441

  Carlson, Eve B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Center for PTSD   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Measure; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035751671     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110100800408     Document Type: Article

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