Performance of the 6-item Kessler scale for measuring serious mental illness in Hong Kong

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 584-592

  Lee, Sing ^a,b   Tsang, Adley ^a   Ng, King Lam ^a   Ma, Yee Ling ^a   Guo, Wanjun ^c   Mak, Arthur ^d   Kwok, Kathleen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 ITEM KESSLER SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84862209744     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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