A trans-cultural comparison of four psychiatric case-finding instruments in a Welsh community

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 569-575

  Winston, M ^a   Smith, J ^b  

^a Rhondda Cynon Taff CF45 4BZ   (United Kingdom)

^b Sully Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; WALES;

EID: 0034486089     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050281     Document Type: Article

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