Open AccessComparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy and Validity of a Short Version of Teen Screen Questionnaire-Mental Health (TSQ -M-Short) for Use in Community
Author(s) -
M. K. C. Nair,
Venkateswaran Rajaraman,
Deepa Chacko,
Sushila Russell,
Babu George,
Leena Sumaraj,
Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar Russell
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.155621
Subject(s) - receiver operating characteristic , gold standard (test) , mental health , medicine , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , construct validity , predictive validity , general health questionnaire , positive predicative value , criterion validity , predictive value , psychology , clinical psychology , demography , psychiatry , psychometrics , sociology
A few self-administered questionnaires are available for assessing mental health among adolescents in primary-care settings. Brief measures are desirable for use in big-data, epidemiological studies.