Use of the Mississippi scale for combat-related PTSD in detecting war-related, non-combat stress symptomatology.
This study investigated the effectiveness of the Mississippi Scale for Desert Storm War Zone Personnel (M-PTSD-DS), developed from the Mississippi Scale for Combat Related PTSD (M-PTSD; Keane, Caddell, & Taylor, 1988), in the measurement of varying degrees of war-related post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptomatology of non-combat Persian Gulf War veterans. Thirty Marines were administered the M-PTSD-DS after 3 months of active duty in Operation Desert Storm. The M-PTSD-DS scores of the Marines were related significantly to the number of PTS symptoms reported by the Marines. This scale appears to be quite effective in detecting varying degrees of war-related stress in non-combatants.
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Psychology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee 37684, USA.
Arsenault
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Hilsenroth
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Harvill
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare