Adapting the SRQ for Ethiopian Populations: A Culturally-Sensitive Psychiatric Screening Instrument

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-589

  Youngmann, Rafael ^a   Zilber, Nelly ^b   Workneh, Fikre ^c   Giel, Robert ^d  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b Falk Institute for Mental Health Studies   (Israel)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural sensitivity; Ethiopian; psychiatric screening instrument; Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049083571     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461508100783     Document Type: Article

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