An Examination of the Diagnostic Efficiency of Post-Deployment Mental Health Screens

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1253-1265

  Skopp, Nancy A ^a   Swanson, Robert ^b   Luxton, David D ^a   Reger, Mark A ^a   Trofimovich, Lily ^a   First, Michael ^c   Maxwell, James ^d   Gahm, Gregory A ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2)   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Diagnostic efficiency; MDD; PC PTSD; Post deployment screening; PDHRA; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOLDIER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE;

EID: 84869087634     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21887     Document Type: Article

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