Diagnostic Utility of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for Identifying Full and Partial PTSD in Active-Duty Military

Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-297

  Dickstein, Benjamin D ^a   Weathers, Frank W ^b   Angkaw, Abigail C ^c,d   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^c,d   Yurgil, Kate ^c   Nash, William P ^e   Baker, Dewleen G ^c,d   Litz, Brett T ^f,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury   (United States)

^f VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAPS; Marines; military; PCL; PTSD; Sailors; subthreshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; COHORT STUDIES; GULF WAR; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930714621     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191114548683     Document Type: Article

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