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Psychiatric Morbidity in Primary Health Care a Two-stage Screening Procedure in Developing Countries: Choice of Instruments and Cost-effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

B. Sen ,
G. Wilkinson  and
J. J. Mari
B. Sen*
Affiliation:
Calcutta
G. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry
J. J. Mari
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Santa Casa of Sao Paulo, Brazil
*
P-92, Block A. Bangur Avenue. Calcutta-700055, India
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The use in two developing countries of a two-stage psychiatric screening procedure with an emphasis on minor morbidity is described. This was the first use of the Self-Reporting Questionnaire and Clinical Interview Schedule in conjunction. Health auxiliaries with limited training administered the first-stage screening instrument. In comparison with other psychiatric screening techniques used in developing countries, the procedure described may prove to be more cost-effective in primary care and community surveys, and more appropriate for assessing the wide range of minor psychiatric morbidity commonly encountered in such settings.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 33 - 38
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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