Psychometric evaluation of the DSM-IV criterion B mania symptoms in an Australian national sample

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 433-443

  Carragher, N ^a   Weinstock, L M ^b   Strong, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DIF; DSM IV; epidemiologic; item response theory; mania; NSMHWB

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872106834     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712000980     Document Type: Article

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