Operating characteristics of the PTSD checklist in a military primary care setting

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1032-1036

  Gore, Kristie L ^a,b,d   McCutchan, Phoebe K ^a   Prins, Annabel ^c   Freed, Michael C ^a,b   Liu, Xian ^a,b   Weil, Jennifer M ^a,e   Engel, Charles C ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Alcatel Data Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

Military health; Primary care; Psychometrics; PTSD; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE EVENTS CHECKLIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PENSIONER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN VERSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOM SCALE INTERVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883802147     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033325     Document Type: Article

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