Development and validation of a Haitian Creole screening instrument for depression

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-57

  Rasmussen, Andrew ^a   Eustache, Eddy ^b   Raviola, Giuseppe ^c   Kaiser, Bonnie ^e   Grelotti, David J ^g   Belkin, Gary S ^g  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Partners in Health ^*  (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

community health workers; depression; global mental health; Haiti; measure development; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARTHQUAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HAITIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZANMI LASANTE DEPRESSION SYMPTOM INVENTORY;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARTHQUAKES; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922613805     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461514543546     Document Type: Article

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