Assessment of lifetime history of exposure to traumatic stressors by incarcerated adults with the turkish version of the traumatic events screening instrument for adults (tesi-a): A pilot study

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-423

  Şükriye, Boşgelmez ^a,e   Aker, Tamer ^b   Öznur, Acicbe Köklük ^c   Ford, Julian D ^d  

^a Derince State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HALIC UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e Psikiyatri Bolumu ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Prisoners; Ptsd; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

EID: 77958097336     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299731003783212     Document Type: Article

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