Test of a single-item posttraumatic stress disorder screener in a military primary care setting

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-397

  Gore, Kristie L ^a,b   Engel, Charles C ^a,b   Freed, Michael C ^a,b   Liu, Xian ^a,b   Armstrong III, David W ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Primary care; PTSD; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50649125833     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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