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Assessment of a new self-rating scale for post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine · 1997 · Vol. 27(1) · pp. 153–160

Jonathan Davidson✉(Medical University of South Carolina)Sarah W. Book(Duke University Hospital)Jeffrey T. Colket(Medical University of South Carolina)Larry A. Tupler(Duke University Hospital)Sandra Roth(University of Miami)Denis J. David(Duke University Hospital)Michael A. Hertzberg(Duke University)Thomas A. Mellman(Duke University Hospital)Jean C. Beckham(Medical University of South Carolina)Reginald Smith(University of Miami)Rita M. Davison(Medical University of South Carolina)Richard A. Katz(Duke University Hospital)Michelle E. Feldman(University of Miami)

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Abstract

The DTS showed good reliability and validity, and offers promised as a scale which is particularly suited to assessing symptom severity, treatment outcome and in screening for the likely diagnosis of PTSD.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Traumatic Brain Injury Research Child Abuse and TraumaClinical psychologyPsychologyRating scaleConvergent validityPredictive validityPsychiatryScale (ratio)Test validityTraumatic stressPsychometrics

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AdultAnalysis of VarianceFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSurvivalReproducibility of ResultsLinear Models

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Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Three studies in reliability and validity.