Identifying PTSD in primary care: Comparison of the Primary Care-PTSD Screen (PC-PTSD) and the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ)

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Ouimette, Paige ^a   Wade, Michael ^a   Prins, Annabel ^b   Schohn, Mary ^c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GHQ 12; Mental health screens; Primary care; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 38149142411     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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