Predicting violence in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Jovanović, Aleksandar A ^a   Toševski, Dušica Lečić ^b   Ivković, Maja ^a   Damjanović, Aleksandar ^a   Gašić, Miroslava Jašović ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Post traumatic; Predictive value of tests; Risk assessment; Stress disorders; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HISTORICAL CLINICAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT 20; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; ROC CURVE; SERBIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SERBIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 60749110090     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0901013J     Document Type: Article

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