Enhancing self-report assessment of PTSD: Development of an item bank

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Del Vecchio, Nicole ^a   Elwy, A Rani ^a   Smith, Eric ^b   Bottonari, Kathryn A ^a   Eisen, Susan V ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; VETERAN;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VETERANS;

EID: 79953767925     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20611     Document Type: Article

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