Screening for PTSD among Somali adolescent refugees: Psychometric properties of the UCLA PTSD Index

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-551

  Ellis, B Heidi ^a   Lhewa, Dechen ^b   Charney, Meredith ^b   Cabral, Howard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW ENGLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMALIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 33947252359     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20139     Document Type: Article

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