Validation of the Kirundi versions of brief self-rating scales for common mental disorders among children in Burundi

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ventevogel, Peter ^a   Komproe, Ivan H ^a,b   Jordans, Mark J ^a,c   Feo, Paolo ^d   De Jong, Joop T V M ^e,f,g  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burundi; Children; Depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Screening; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDERS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BURUNDI; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BURUNDI; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84893662074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-36     Document Type: Article

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