Levels of symptom severity and functioning in four different definitions of subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care veterans

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-47

  Kasckow, John ^a,b   Yeager, Derik E ^c,d   Magruder, Kathryn ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

functioning; posttraumatic checklist score; Posttraumatic stress disorder; subthreshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT FORM 36; SUBTHRESHOLD POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERAN; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84920778278     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000233     Document Type: Article

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