Diagnosing PTSD in early childhood: An empirical assessment of four approaches

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-367

  Scheeringa, Michael S ^a   Myers, Leann ^b   Putnam, Frank W ^c   Zeanah, Charles H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84864769687     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21723     Document Type: Article

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