Estimating mental distress in vietnam: The use of the srq-20

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-142

  Richardson, Lisa K ^a   Amstadter, Ananda B ^b   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^b   Gaboury, Mario T ^c   Tran, Trinh Luong ^d   Trung, Lam Tu ^e   Tam, Nguyen Thanh ^f   Tuan, Tran ^g   Buoi, La Thi ^g   Ha, Tran Thu ^g   Thach, Tran Duc ^g   Acierno, Ron ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^d Health Department of Da Nang City   (Viet Nam)

^e Da Nang Mental Health Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^f Vietnam Veterans of America Fdn   (United States)

^g Research and Training Centre for Community Development   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

community estimate; mental distress; mental health; Self Reporting Questionnaire 20; SRQ 20; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952495556     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008099554     Document Type: Article

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