An ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression: The PHQ-4

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-621

  Kroenke, Kurt ^a,b   Spitzer, Robert L ^c,d   Williams, Janet B W ^c,d   Löwe, Bernd ^e  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 4; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 20; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349105254     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.613     Document Type: Article

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