Clinical Review
Functional Assessment in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Fed Pract. 2007 May;24(5):23
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Jeanne Varrasse, RN, MSN, Steven M. Silver, PhD, Susan Rogers, PhD, James Goss, RN, BSN, Albert Kovaks, RN, and Nancy Steenhusen, RN
Ms. Varrasse is a psychiatric clinical specialist, Dr. Silver is the program director, Dr. Rogers is a staff psychologist, Mr. Goss is the unit manager, and Mr. Kovaks and Ms. Steenhusen are staff nurses, all in the posttraumatic stress disorder unit of the mental health product line at the Coatesville VA Medical Center, Coatesville, PA.
In order to enhance understanding of the widely used Global Assessment of Functioning scale, these investigators compared it with a validated, self-report symptom scale in a sample of patients undergoing inpatient PTSD treatment.