Assessment of mental disorders using the patient health questionnaire as a general screening tool in western Nigeria: A community-based study

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-11

  Amoran, O E ^a   Ogunsemi, O O ^a   Lasebikan, V O ^b  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Assessment; mental disorders; patient health questionnaire; screening tool; western Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMMUNITY TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINANCE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; NIGERIA; PANIC; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84856374934     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.91922     Document Type: Article

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