Psychometric evaluation of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder assessments in persons with severe mental illness
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Research describing the psychometric characteristics of three standard methods for assessing trauma in mentally ill patients is presented. The methods are the Trauma History Questionnaire, the Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2001
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Examining symptom expression as a function of symptom severity: item performance on the Hamilton rating scale for depression
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Research describing the psychometric properties of the Hamilton rating scale for depression is presented. By means of a nonparametric item response model it is shown that depression should not be viewed as a simple continuum.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2001
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