The self rating inventory for post-traumatic stress disorder may aid diagnosis among older people in the communityCriterion validity of the self-rating inventory for posttraumatic stress disorder SRIP in the community of older adults.

Lang, Ariel J PhD (commentator)
van Zelst, WH
de Beurs, E
Beekman, ATF
et al,

University of California San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA

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For correspondence: W H van Zelst, Department of Psychiatry of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Valerius Clinic, Valeriusplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; [email protected]

Source of funding: The Ministry of Welfare, Health and Sports of the Netherlands.

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