General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 391-397 , September 2008

Test of a single-item posttraumatic stress disorder screener in a military primary care setting

  • Kristie L. Gore, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 202 356 1074; fax: +1 202 356 1090.
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  • Charles C. Engel, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    • ,
  • Michael C. Freed, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    • ,
  • Xian Liu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    • ,
  • David W. Armstrong III, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M.

      Affiliations

    • Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA

Received 28 January 2008 ,Accepted 11 May 2008.

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☆ Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense or the United States Government.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.05.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 391-397 , September 2008

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