Performance of a five-item mental health screening test

Medical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 169-176

  Berwick, Donald M ^a   Murphy, Jane M ^b   Goldman, Paula A ^c   Ware, John E ^d   Barsky, Arthur J ^b   Weinstein, Milton C ^c  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional Status Questionnaire; Mental health; ROC analysis; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026114852     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199102000-00008     Document Type: Article

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