Evaluation of the Mississippi PTSD scale - Revised using rasch measurement

Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-125

  Betemps, Elizabeth ^a   Baker, Dewleen G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument validity; Mississippi; PTSD; Rasch measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MISSISSIPPI SCALE; MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 4344686175     PISSN: 15223434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MHSR.0000024355.38667.e5     Document Type: Article

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