Psychiatry Research
Volume 159, Issue 3 , Pages 376-381 , 30 June 2008

A short DSM-IV screening scale to detect posttraumatic stress disorder after a natural disaster in a Chinese population

  • Aizhong Liu

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
    • Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, K1H 8L6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Epidemiology & Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Rd, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, 410078. Tel.: +86 731 4805465; fax: +86 731 4805454.
    • Current address: University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Rd, Box 241, Ottawa, Canada, K1H 8L6. Tel.: +1 613 737 8899x74238; fax: +1 613 739 6266.
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  • Hongzhuan Tan

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Jia Zhou

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Shuoqi Li

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Tubao Yang

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Xuemin Tang

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Zhenqiu Sun

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Xin Yang

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Chengqiu Wu

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
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  • Shi Wu Wen

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Central South University, Xiangya Road 110, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China
    • Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, K1H 8L6

Received 20 November 2006 ,Revised 21 June 2007 ,Accepted 21 August 2007.

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PII: S0165-1781(07)00302-2

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.015

Psychiatry Research
Volume 159, Issue 3 , Pages 376-381 , 30 June 2008

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