A critique of the research assessing post traumatic stress disorder in critical care patients

Care of the Critically Ill

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 102-106

  Bennun, Ian S ^a,b,c  

^a TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Post traumatic stress disorder; Reliability; Self report questionnaires; Validity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 4444223023     PISSN: 02660970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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