Evaluating a screener to quantify PTSD risk using emergency care information: a proof of concept study

Evaluating a screener to quantify PTSD risk using emergency care information: a proof of concept study

Abstract Background Previous work has indicated that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, measured by the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) within 60 days of trauma exposure, can reliably produce likelihood estimates of chronic PTSD among trauma survivors admitted to acute care cen...

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Main Authors: Willem F. van der Mei, Anna C. Barbano, Andrew Ratanatharathorn, Richard A. Bryant, Douglas L. Delahanty, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Betty S. Lai, Sarah R. Lowe, Yutaka J. Matsuoka, Miranda Olff, Wei Qi, Ulrich Schnyder, Soraya Seedat, Ronald C. Kessler, Karestan C. Koenen, Arieh Y. Shalev, International Consortium to Predict PTSD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Emergency care admissions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Peritraumatic symptoms
Sequential prediction
Mega-analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-020-00308-z

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