The Vietnamese version of the Self Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20) in detecting mental disorders in rural Vietnam: A validation study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-184

  Giang, Bao Kim ^a,b   Allebeck, Peter ^b,c   Kullgren, Gunnar ^d   Van Tuan, Nguyen ^a  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIVORCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIET NAM; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; VIETNAM;

EID: 33645518458     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006061251     Document Type: Article

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