The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general health care

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-197

  Goldberg, D P ^a   Gater, R ^b   Sartorius, N ^b   Ustun, T B ^b   Piccinelli, M ^b   Gureje, O ^b   Rutter, C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031037456     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004242     Document Type: Article

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