Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress

200210,088 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ronald C. Kessler · Harvard University

Gavin Andrews · Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Lisa J. Colpe · Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Eva Hiripi · Harvard University Press

Daniel K. Mroczek · Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Sharon‐Lise T. Normand · Harvard University Press

Ellen E. Walters

Abstract

The brevity, strong psychometric properties, and ability to discriminate DSM-IV cases from non-cases make the K10 and K6 attractive for use in general-purpose health surveys. The scales are already being used in annual government health surveys in the US and Canada as well as in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Routine inclusion of either the K10 or K6 in clinical studies would create an important, and heretofore missing, crosswalk between community and clinical epidemiology.

Topics & Keywords

Mental Health Treatment and Access Mental Health Research Topics Schizophrenia research and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Psychological Medicine

Volume 32, Issue 6, pp. 959-976

DOI: 10.1017/s0033291702006074

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