Modifying instructions on the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for military populations does not change symptom reporting

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-202

  Riviere, Lyndon A ^a   Edens, Edward N ^a   Adler, Amy B ^b   Bliese, Paul D ^a   Klocko, Robert P ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist; PTSD prevalence; PTSD symptoms; soldiers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHECKLIST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952162858     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31820caee4     Document Type: Article

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