Validity of the mental health component scale of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (MCS-12) as measure of common mental disorders in the general population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Gill, Sarah C ^a   Butterworth, Peter ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^b   Mackinnon, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area Under Curve; GHQ 12; ICD 10; K10; Mental disorder; Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve; SF 12

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34447103695     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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