Assessing trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: Single, open-ended question versus list-based inventory

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1001-1008

  Monson, Eva ^a   Lonergan, Michelle ^a   Caron, Jean ^a   Brunet, Alain ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Catchment area; Methodology; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX RATIO; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CANADA; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946762699     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000223     Document Type: Article

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