Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Differences in Standards and Practice between Licensed and Board-Certified Psychologists

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Torres, Loandra ^a   Skidmore, Sherry ^a   Gross, Nicole ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Board certification; Clinical; Forensic; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860600218     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-012-9118-7     Document Type: Article

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