What are the most practical primary care screens for post-traumatic stress disorder?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-101

  Davis, Stephanie M ^a   Whitworth, James D ^a   Rickett, Katherine ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL CRIME; SHORT SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 60549116895     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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