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Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the General Population
Archives of General Psychiatry · 2003 · Vol. 60(2) · pp. 184–184
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(Harvard University)Sharon‐Lise T. Normand(Harvard University)Ronald W. Manderscheid(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)Ellen E. Walters(Harvard University)Alan M. Zaslavsky(Harvard University)
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.
Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health Treatment and AccessSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesPsychiatryMental illnessSubstance abuseCIDIClinical psychologyPopulationMental healthPsychologyScale (ratio)Dual diagnosis
MeSH terms
Mental DisordersHealth SurveysHumansMass ScreeningPredictive Value of TestsProbabilityPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificityUnited StatesUnited States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationPrevalenceLogistic Models
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