The validity of screening instruments for posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and other anxiety symptoms in Tajikistan

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 955-958

  Hollander, Anna Clara ^e   Ekblad, Solvig ^a,d   Mukhamadiev, Davron ^b   Muminova, Reykhan ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Tajik State Medical University   (Tajikistan)

^c Tajik Institute of Postgraduate Education of Health Workers   (Tajikistan)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety symptoms; Cross cultural validity; Depression; PTSD; Screening instruments

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAJIKISTAN; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CIVIL DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TAJIKISTAN; WAR;

EID: 36249007531     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318159604b     Document Type: Article

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