Change in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Do Clinicians and Patients Agree?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Monson, Candice M ^a,b   Gradus, Jaimie L ^a,b   Young Xu, Yinong ^c   Schnurr, Paula P ^c,d   Price, Jennifer L ^e   Schumm, Jeremiah A ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; concordance; psychometrics; PTSD; treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 45449091768     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.131     Document Type: Article

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