Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the General Population

20035,654 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ronald C. Kessler · Harvard University

Peggy R. Barker · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Lisa J. Colpe · Office of AIDS Research

Joan Epstein · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Joseph Gfroerer · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Eva Hiripi · Harvard University

Mary J. Howes

Abstract

The brevity and accuracy of the K6 and K10 scales make them attractive screens for SMI. Routine inclusion of either scale in clinical studies would create an important, and heretofore missing, crosswalk between community and clinical epidemiology.

Topics & Keywords

Schizophrenia research and treatment Mental Health Treatment and Access Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of General Psychiatry

Volume 60, Issue 2, pp. 184-184

DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.2.184

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