Subgroups of New York city children at high risk of PTSD after the september 11 attacks: A signal detection analysis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Rosen, Craig S ^a,b   Cohen, Michael ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Michael Cohen Group   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74849105783     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.1.64     Document Type: Article

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