Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder in female Veteran's Affairs patients: Validation of the PTSD checklist

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 367-374

  Dobie, Dorcas J ^a,b   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,b   Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Bush, Kristen R ^a   McFall, Miles ^a,b   Epler, Amee J ^a   Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Post traumatic; Psychiatric status rating scales; Quality of life; Stress disorders; Veterans; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 0036864612     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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