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Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primary care : a systematic review

Title
Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primary care : a systematic review / principal investigator, Michele Spoont ; investigators, Paul Arbisi, Steven Fu, Nancy Greer, Shannon Kehle-Forbes, Laura Meis ; research associate, Indulis Rutks.
Author
Spoont, Michele
Publication
Washington, DC : Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Services, 2013.

Available Online

https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo154702

Details

Additional Authors
  • United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Services Research and Development Service, issuing body
  • Minneapolis VA Health Care System (U.S.). VA Evidence Synthesis Program
  • Evidence-based Synthesis Program (U.S.)
Subject
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder > United States
  • Medical screening > United States
  • Primary care (Medicine) > United States
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
Genre/Form
  • Technical reports
  • Technical reports.
Note
  • "Evidence-based synthesis program."
  • "January 2013."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-45).
Funding (note)
  • Prepared for: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 20420. Prepared by: Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) Center, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H., Director
  • VA-ESP
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (VA, viewed April 16, 2021).
Call Number
GPO Internet VA 1.107/3:P 84
OCLC
863667448
Author
Spoont, Michele, author.
Title
Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primary care : a systematic review / principal investigator, Michele Spoont ; investigators, Paul Arbisi, Steven Fu, Nancy Greer, Shannon Kehle-Forbes, Laura Meis ; research associate, Indulis Rutks.
Publisher
Washington, DC : Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Services, 2013.
Description
1 online resource (iii, 63 pages) : illustrations
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-45).
Summary
To minimize treatment delays and to maximize population reach, Veterans Affairs (VA) established a screening program to facilitate identification of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in their patients as they present in primary care clinics. Such screening programs may be helpful because primary care providers often have difficulty identifying PTSD in their patients and PTSD is frequently undertreated in the primary care setting. The premise of this type of screening program is to facilitate mental health treatment engagement earlier in the course of the illness and to engage patients in treatment who might otherwise not be identified as needing mental health care. Recently, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report examining the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation services for military Veterans and service members with PTSD in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. As noted in the IOM report and elsewhere, successful screening programs utilize instruments that are simple, valid, precise, and acceptable both clinically and socially. To identify screening tools that are best suited to the primary care setting, this evidence synthesis report reviews the literature on the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of screening tools used and evaluated with a gold standard in a primary care setting.
Funding
Prepared for: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 20420. Prepared by: Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) Center, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H., Director
VA-ESP 09-009
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https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo154702
Added Author
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Services Research and Development Service, issuing body.
Minneapolis VA Health Care System (U.S.). VA Evidence Synthesis Program.
Evidence-based Synthesis Program (U.S.)
Gpo Item No.
0985-A-12 (online)
Sudoc No.
VA 1.107/3:P 84
Research Call Number
GPO Internet VA 1.107/3:P 84
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