Examining the uniqueness of frequency and intensity symptom ratings in posttraumatic stress disorder assessment

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 940-944

  Elhai, Jon D ^a,b   Lindsay, Brenda M ^b   Gray, Matt J ^c   Grubaugh, Anouk L ^d,e   North, Terry C ^f,g   Frueh, B Christopher ^d,e,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician Administered PTSD Scale; Military veterans; Modified PTSD Symptom Scale; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Severity (disorders)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; COMBAT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; VETERANS;

EID: 33845784174     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243011.76105.4b     Document Type: Article

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