Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents: Using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) as a screening tool

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Suliman, Sharain ^a   Kaminer, D ^b   Seedat, S ^a   Stein, D J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assessment; Instruments; Post traumatic; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NIGHTMARE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA; STARTLE REFLEX; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20744451570     PISSN: 1744859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-4-2     Document Type: Article

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