Assessing the Sensitivity and Specificity of the MAYSI-2 for Detecting Trauma among Youth in Juvenile Detention

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-362

  Kerig, Patricia K ^a   Moeddel, Melissa Arnzen ^b   Becker, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Delinquency; Gender; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053117759     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9124-4     Document Type: Article

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