Assessment of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress in long-term care veterans: Preliminary data on psychometrics and post-traumatic stress disorder prevalence

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 862-866

  Cook, Joan M ^a,b,c   Elhai, Jon D ^d   Cassidy, Erin L ^e,f   Ruzek, Josef I ^e   Ram, Gagan Deep ^e   Sheikh, Javaid I ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBAT EXPOSURE SCALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MISSISSIPPI COMBAT PTSD SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PTSD CHECKLIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOLDIER;

EID: 26844556054     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.10.862     Document Type: Article

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