Diagnostic utility of the ptsd checklist in detecting ptsd in chinese earthquake victims

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 733-739

  Li, Huanhuan ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^b   Wu, Kankan ^b   Wang, Li ^b   Shi, Zhanbiao ^b   Liu, Ping ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF DEYANG CITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHECKLIST; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHECKLIST; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 78651305268     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/03.15.20.PR0.107.6.733-739     Document Type: Article

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