Abbreviated PTSD Checklist (PCL) as a guide to clinical response

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-338

  Lang, Ariel J ^a,b   Wilkins, Kendall ^c   Roy Byrne, Peter P ^d   Golinelli, Daniela ^e   Chavira, Denise ^b   Sherbourne, Cathy ^e   Rose, Raphael D ^f   Bystritsky, Alexander ^f   Sullivan, Greer ^g   Craske, Michelle G ^f   Stein, Murray B ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Assessment; Primary care; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862774998     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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