Detecting common mental disorders in primary care in India: A comparison of five screening questionnaires

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Patel, V ^a,b,g   Araya, R ^c   Chowdhary, N ^b   King, M ^d   Kirkwood, B ^a   Nayak, S ^e   Simon, G ^f   Weiss, H A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sangath   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Voluntary Health Association of Goa   (India)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^g Sangath Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Primary care; Questionnaires; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 38549094045     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707002334     Document Type: Article

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