Comparison of Clinician- and Self-Assessments of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Older Versus Younger Veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-151

  Lunney, Carole A ^a   Schnurr, Paula P ^a,b   Cook, Joan M ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Center for PTSD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84898869886     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21908     Document Type: Article

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