Open AccessEstimating the Prevalence of DSM-IV Mental Illness in the Australian General Population Using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
Author(s) -
Matthew Sunderland,
Tim Slade,
Gavin Stewart,
Gavin Andrews
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1440-1614
pISSN - 0004-8674
DOI - 10.3109/00048674.2011.606785
Subject(s) - mental illness , psychological distress , psychiatry , scale (ratio) , population , psychology , clinical psychology , distress , mental health , psychometrics , medicine , environmental health , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this study was to present scoring rules for predicting DSM-IV mental illness in the previous 12 months using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in the Australian population.
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