Screening for depression and PTSD in a Cambodian population unaffected by war: Comparing the Hopkins Symptom Checklist and Harvard Trauma Questionnaire with the structured clinical interview

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Silove, Derrick ^a,b   Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^a   Mollica, Richard ^c   Thai, Meng ^d   Khiek, Dorani ^e   Lavelle, James ^c   Tor, Svang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Centre for Population Mental Health Research   (Australia)

^c Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma   (United States)

^d Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors   (Australia)

^e Liverpool/Fairfield Sexual Assault Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambodians; Depression; PTSD; Screening; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; THAILAND; WAR;

ALGORITHMS; CAMBODIA; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THAILAND;

EID: 33847013324     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000254747.03333.70     Document Type: Article

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