Open AccessBrief Screening Tool for Stepped-Care Management of Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Author(s) -
Kathryn L. Lovero,
Cale Basaraba,
Saida Khan,
António Suleman,
Dirceu Mabunda,
Paulino Feliciano,
Palmira dos Santos,
Wilza Fumo,
Flávio Mandlate,
M. Claire Greene,
André Fiks Salem,
Jennifer J. Mootz,
Ana Olga Mocumbi,
Cristiane S. Duarte,
Lídia Gouveia,
María A. Oquendo,
Melanie M. Wall,
Milton L. Wainberg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychiatric services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.517
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1557-9700
pISSN - 1075-2730
DOI - 10.1176/appi.ps.202000504
Subject(s) - mental health , psychiatry , prevalence of mental disorders , cross sectional study , confidence interval , medicine , mental illness , psychology , clinical psychology , pathology
Stepped mental health care requires a rapid method for nonspecialists to detect illness. This study aimed to develop and validate a brief instrument, the Mental Wellness Tool (mwTool), for identification and classification.