Accuracy of proactive case finding for mental disorders by community informants in Nepal

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 501-506

  Jordans, Mark J D ^a,b   Kohrt, Brandon A ^c   Luitel, Nagendra P ^d   Komproe, Ivan H ^a,e   Lund, Crick ^f  

^a Clinical Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal   (Nepal)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY INFORMANT DETECTION TOOL; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIGNETTE; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84949921632     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.141077     Document Type: Article

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