Diagnostic accuracy of brief PTSD screening instruments in military veterans

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-142

  Tiet, Quyen Q ^a,b,c   Schutte, Kathleen K ^a   Leyva, Yani E ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co occurring disorders; Dual diagnosis; Post traumatic stress disorder; ROC AUC; Screening instrument; Sensitivity and specificity; Substance use disorder; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY CARE PTSD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PTSD CHECKLIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 84876956642     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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