Validation of a screening instrument for post-traumatic stress disorder in a clinical sample of older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 670-673

  Hudson, Sheila A ^a   Beckford, Louisa A ^a   Jackson, Stephen D ^b   Philpot, Michael P ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; PTSD; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 53949086750     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802343274     Document Type: Article

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