Measuring PTSD course among substance use disorder patients: A pilot study of the interrater reliability and validity of the Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation (LIFE)

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 19-26

  Ouimette, Paige ^a,b,c   Wade, Michael ^a   Coolhart, Deborah ^a   Tirone, Vanessa ^a   Goodwin, Elizabeth ^a   Semenec, Silvie ^a  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; PTSD; substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956312716     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610368570     Document Type: Article

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