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Usefulness of a DSM Criteria-Based Inventory for Screening for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Benedetto Farina ,
Piero Venturi ,
Antonio Onofri ,
Michele Raja  and
Massimo Di Giannantonio
Benedetto Farina*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, University of Chieti, Italy Association for the Research of Psychopathology of Attachment System, Rome, Italy
Piero Venturi
Affiliation:
Association for the Research of Psychopathology of Attachment System, Rome, Italy
Antonio Onofri
Affiliation:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Unit, S. Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy
Michele Raja
Affiliation:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Unit, S. Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy
Massimo Di Giannantonio
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, University of Chieti, Italy
*
Benedetto Farina, MD, PhD Via Alexander Fleming 110, 00191 Rome, Italy E-mail: bennifarina@mclink.it
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Abstract

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The aim of the study is to evaluate the self-administered Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition criteria-based inventory for the screening of post-traumatic stress disorder. Due to its low sensitivity (57%) and high specificity (88%), it could be useful as a second step of a screening procedure in combination with other validated, self-report instruments. The clinical implications of the findings and the limitations of the study are discussed.

Keywords

disasterpost-traumaticscreeningself-report inventorystress
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 2007 , pp. 454 - 456
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

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