PTSDThe diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were consensually derived from the expert opinions of a small group of DSM-III-R Task Force and advisory committee members. In this study, 448 psychiatrists and psychologists were surveyed to assess their opinions of the criteria...
Hoge17reported that 17% of soldiers from brigade combat teams would be at risk for developing clinically significant symptoms of PTSD, major depression, or anxiety post-deployment; 28% would experience such symptoms if broader criteria are used. The Task Force references data from the Post...
The new study shows significant increases in rates of diagnosed ADHD among veterans in the VA health system over the past decade. Dr. Hale and colleagues suggest that several factors may have contributed to these trends, including changing diagnostic criteria, changes in the characteristics of the ...
Cognitive functioning in treatment-seeking Gulf War veterans: pyridostigmine bromide use and PTSD. J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2003;25(2):95–103. Article Google Scholar Sullivan K, Krengel M, Bradford W, Stone C, Thompson TA, Heeren T, White RF. Neuropsychological functioning in military ...
Veterans who had access to a telephone and had experienced mental health problems related to PTSD, depression, or alcohol use were invited to participate in the study. An additional eight veterans had already been recruited into the study during a pilot phase to assess the study design. We ...
promote adaptation to civilian life. Stratified Poisson regression was used to determine whether the number of community reintegration problems and the number of services of interest were associated with the presence of probable PTSD, gender, or race. An estimated 25 % to 56 % of the population ...
if true, this would represent a departure from accepted medical standards that would create a formidable dilemma for va psychiatrists performing ptsd compensation evaluations. the suggestion that administrators could revise the diagnostic criteria for a medical disorder is of potential concern to physicians...
Department of Defense. (2010). VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for management of post-traumatic stress. Washington, DC: Management of Post-Traumatic Stress Working Group. Retrieved from http://www.healthquality.va.gov/ptsd/cpg_PTSD-FULL-201011612.pdf...
(Data are presented on the reliability and validity of the PTSD sections of the SCID in the psychometric considerations section of this chapter.)The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS; Robins, Helzer, Croughan et al., 1981) is a ...