Initial reliability and validity of the childhood trauma interview: a new multidimensional measure of childhood interpersonal trauma
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 September 1995
LA Fink, David P. Bernstein, Leonard Handelsman, Jeffrey Foote, M. Christine Lovejoy
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Initial findings suggest that the Childhood Trauma Interview is a reliable and valid method for brief assessment of multiple dimensions of six types of childhood interpersonal trauma.
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These initial findings suggest that the Childhood Trauma Interview is a reliable and valid method for brief assessment of multiple dimensions of six types of childhood interpersonal trauma.
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