Variation in practices and attitudes of clinicians assessing PTSD-related disability among veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 609-613

  Jackson, James C ^a   Sinnott, Patricia L ^b   Marx, Brian P ^c   Murdoch, Maureen ^d   Sayer, Nina A ^d   Alvarez, Joann M ^a   Greevy, Robert A ^a   Schnurr, Paula P ^e   Friedman, Matthew J ^e   Shane, Andrea C ^b   Owen, Richard R ^f   Keane, Terence M ^c   Speroff, Theodore ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINNESOTA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TENNESSEE; VETERANS;

EID: 80053156702     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20688     Document Type: Article

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