Portuguese version of the PTSD checklist-military version (PCL-M) – II: Diagnostic utility

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-62

  Carvalho, Teresa ^a   Pinto Gouveia, José ^a   Cunha, Marina ^a   Duarte, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diagnosis and classification; Military psychiatry; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychometric; Statistics; Tests interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST MILITARY VERSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERAN; CHECKLIST; COMBAT DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

AGED; CHECKLIST; COMBAT DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84941960432     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1319     Document Type: Article

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