Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 256-261 , 30 December 2009

Reliability and validity of the Trauma Symptom Inventory with veterans evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Jessica J. Snyder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
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  • Jon D. Elhai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
    • Disaster Mental Health Institute, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
    • Present address: Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Ohio, United States.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Disaster Mental Health Institute, The University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street—SDU 114, Vermillion, SD 57069-2390, United States. Tel.: +1 605 677 6575; fax: +1 203 413 6227.
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  • Terry C. North

      Affiliations

    • Omaha VA Medical Center; and Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, United States
    • ,
  • Christopher J. Heaney

      Affiliations

    • Omaha VA Medical Center; and Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, United States

Received 11 March 2008 ,Revised 30 October 2008 ,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.11.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 256-261 , 30 December 2009

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