Diagnostic practices for traumatized youths: do clinicians incorporate symptom scale results?
Community Ment Health J
; 45(6): 497-507, 2009 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-19957106
Clinician generated diagnoses are subject to heuristic biases, and structured diagnostic interviews are useful but costly diagnostic aids. Because dimensional rating scales may hold potential to improve diagnostic practices in community mental health settings, we examined how community clinicians incorporate the results of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC; Briere 1996) into their diagnostic practices. Results suggest clinicians may attend to the TSCC anxiety and depression scores, but most scales agreed poorly with diagnoses assigned. While dimensional rating scales do hold potential as diagnostic aids, additional work on how to increase their utility to clinicians is needed.
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Asunto principal:
Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Déficit de la Atención y Trastornos de Conducta Disruptiva
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Community Ment Health J
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos