Do they actually work across borders? Evaluation of two measures of psychological distress as screening instruments in a non Anglo-Saxon country

European Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-127

  Carra G ^a,c   Sciarini, P ^b,c   Segagni Lusignani, G ^b   Clerici, M ^c   Montomoli, C ^b   Kessler, R C ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Mental disorders; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951579479     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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