Overview of psychiatric scales used in Nepal: Their reliability, validity and cultural appropriateness

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 113-118

  Chen, Patrick ^a   Ganesan, Soma ^a,b   Mckenna, Mario ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DSM IV; Nepal; Outcome measure; Psychiatric assessment; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-III; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 25; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MANIA; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEPAL; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHEKCLIST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE;

DSM-IV; NEPAL; OUTCOME MEASURE; PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

CULTURE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEPAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882703592     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00212.x     Document Type: Review

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