PTSD-8: A short PTSD inventory

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 101-108

  Hansen, Maj ^a   Andersen, Tonny Elmose ^a   Armour, Cherie ^b   Elklit, Ask ^a   Palic, Sabina ^a   Mackrill, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brief instrument; Dysphoria; Measure; PTSD; Screen; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHORIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PTSD 8; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VICTIM; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 84859883695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901006010101     Document Type: Article

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