Strategies for assessing mental health in Haiti: LocaL instrument development and transcultural translation

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-558

  Kaiser, Bonnie N ^a   Kohrt, Brandon A ^b   Keys, Hunter M ^a   Khoury, Nayla M ^c   Brewster, Aimée Rika T ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; function; Haiti; idioms of distress; mental health screening

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; FUNCTION; HAITI; IDIOMS OF DISTRESS; MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMPREHENSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAITI; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

EID: 84884696127     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513502697     Document Type: Article

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