Utility of the Brief Symptom Inventory in the Assessment of Psychological Distress

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-134

  Kellett, Stephen ^a,c   Beail, Nigel ^a   Newman, David W ^a   Frankish, Pat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Care Principles   (United Kingdom)

^c Psychological Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Brief Symptom Inventory; Mental health; Outcome; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842482983     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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