Estimating population prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder: An example using the PTSD checklist

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-300

  Terhakopian, Artin ^a   Sinaii, Ninet ^b   Engel, Charles C ^a   Schnurr, Paula P ^c   Hoge, Charles W ^d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b National Institutes   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46949095509     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20341     Document Type: Article

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