Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 546-553

  Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Harpaz Rotem, Ilan ^a,b   Armour, Cherie ^c   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Krystal, John H ^a,b   Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-5; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 4; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST VERSION 5; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE ENJOYMENT AND SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM; SHORT FORM 8; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; CLASSIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84930541162     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14m09091     Document Type: Article

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