Clinical use of the Kessler psychological distress scales with culturally diverse groups

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-183

  Stolk, Yvonne ^a   Kaplan, Ida ^a   Szwarc, Josef ^a  

^a Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural equivalence; K10; K6; Mental health; Primary care; Psychological distress; Screening scale

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84901939486     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1426     Document Type: Article

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