A short DSM-IV screening scale to detect posttraumatic stress disorder after a natural disaster in a Chinese population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-381

  Liu, Aizhong ^a,b   Tan, Hongzhuan ^a   Zhou, Jia ^a   Li, Shuoqi ^a   Yang, Tubao ^a   Tang, Xuemin ^a   Sun, Zhenqiu ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Wu, Chengqiu ^a   Shi Wu Wen, ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Flood; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Screening scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 43449115094     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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