Transcultural validity of a structured diagnostic interview to screen for major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among refugees

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 723-728

  Eytan, Ariel ^a   Durieux Paillard, Sophie ^a   Whitaker Clinch, Barbara ^a   Loutan, Louis ^a   Bovier, Patrick A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Instrument validation; Major depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NURSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDITY; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 38449097305     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318142c9f6     Document Type: Article

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