A brief screening tool for assessing psychological trauma in clinical practice: Development and validation of the New York PTSD Risk Score

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-500

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a,b,c   Kirchner, H Lester ^a   Hoffman, Stuart N ^a   Sartorius, Jennifer ^a   Adams, Richard E ^d   Figley, Charles R ^e  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Diagnostic testing; Patient screening; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER RISK SCORE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RACE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052744494     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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