Use of the New York PTSD risk score to predict PTSD: Current and future research efforts

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-319

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a   Kirchner, H Lester ^a   Hoffman, Stuart N ^a   Sartorius, Jennifer ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSOCIATION; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEW YORK PTSD RISK SCORE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84860364747     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.01.005     Document Type: Letter

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