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The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general health care

Psychological Medicine · 1997 · Vol. 27(1) · pp. 191–197

David Goldberg✉(World Health Organization)Richard Gater(World Health Organization)Norman Sartorius(World Health Organization)T. Bedirhan Üstün(World Health Organization)Marco Piccinelli(World Health Organization)Oye Gureje(World Health Organization)Carolyn M. Rutter(World Health Organization)

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Abstract

If investigators wish to use a screening instrument as a case detector, the shorter GHQ is remarkably robust and works as well as the longer instrument. The latter should only be preferred if there is an interest in the scaled scores provided in addition to the total score.

Mental Health Treatment and Access Health disparities and outcomes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentGeneral Health QuestionnaireCIDIPsychologyMental healthPsychiatryClinical psychologyStatisticsMathematics

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FemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsROC CurveSampling StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityTranslatingGlobal HealthReproducibility of Results

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