The infrequency-posttraumatic stress disorder scale (Fptsd) for the MMPI-2: Development and initial validation with veterans presenting with combat-related PTSD

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 531-549

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^b   Frueh, B Christopher ^a,e   Gold, Paul B ^a   Beckham, Jean C ^c   Feldman, Michelle E ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036917294     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7903_08     Document Type: Article

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