Evaluating the merits of using brief measures of PTSD or general mental health measures in two-stage PTSD screening
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Article Title | Evaluating the merits of using brief measures of PTSD or general mental health measures in two-stage PTSD screening |
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ERA Journal ID | 40335 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Steele, Nicole M. (Author), Benassi, Helen P. (Author), Chesney, Catherine J. (Author), Nicholson, Cherie (Author) and Fogarty, Gerard J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Military Medicine: international journal of AMSUS |
Journal Citation | 179 (12), pp. 1497-1502 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | Bethesda, MD, United States |
ISSN | 0026-4075 |
1930-613X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00183 |
Web Address (URL) | http://publications.amsus.org/doi/pdf/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00183 |
Abstract | Psychological screening of large numbers of personnel returning from deployments should be as brief as possible without sacrificing the ability to detect individuals who are experiencing serious psychological difficulties. This study focused on screening for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in 421 deployed male members of the Australian Army while they were on deployment and again 3 to 6 months after they returned home. The first aim was to evaluate the performance of the Primary Care—Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen (PC-PTSD) and a 4-item version of the 17-item Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL). A second aim was to evaluate the role of the Kessler-10 (K10) in psychological screening. The results indicated that the short form of the PCL was a better substitute for the full PCL than the PC-PTSD. Other results suggested that a more efficient screening process can be achieved using an initial K10 screening followed by more intensive PTSD screening for people identified as high risk. An additional advantage of an initial K10 filter is that other forms of mental illness could also be targeted in the second stage screening. |
Keywords | PTSD, posttaumatic stress disorder, mental health screening, deployment, mental health |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | c. AMSUS 2014. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Defence, Australia |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2x6w/evaluating-the-merits-of-using-brief-measures-of-ptsd-or-general-mental-health-measures-in-two-stage-ptsd-screening
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