Validating the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist With Soldiers Returning From Combat

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-281

  Bliese, Paul D ^a   Wright, Kathleen M ^a   Adler, Amy B ^a   Cabrera, Oscar ^a   Castro, Carl A ^b   Hoge, Charles W ^b  

^a US Army Medical Research Unit Europe   (Germany)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; military; posttraumatic stress disorder; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42049105751     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.2.272     Document Type: Article

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