Validity study of Kessler's psychological distress scales conducted among patients admitted to French emergency department for alcohol consumption-related disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1235-1245

  Arnaud, Benjamin ^a,b   Malet, Laurent ^a   Teissedre, Frédérique ^b,c   Izaute, Marie ^b,c   Moustafa, Fares ^a   Geneste, Julie ^a   Schmidt, Jeannot ^a,b   Llorca, Pierre Michel ^a,b   Brousse, Georges ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol Related Disorders; Emergency Department; K6 K10; Psychological Distress; Screening Scale Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KESSLER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954075823     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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