General hospital psychiatry
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Gen Hosp Psychiatry · Mar 2006
Using five questions to screen for five common mental disorders in primary care: diagnostic accuracy of the Anxiety and Depression Detector.
Primary care providers are increasingly taking on the role of ad hoc mental health provider. However, before patients in primary care can be treated, they must be identified. This study set out to validate a very brief screening instrument for identifying primary care patients with anxiety and depression. ⋯ The five items of the ADD appear to comprise a useful screening device for anxiety and depressive disorders in primary care settings.
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Gen Hosp Psychiatry · Mar 2006
The Spanish version of the FibroFatigue Scale: validation of a questionnaire for the observer's assessment of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
To examine some of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the FibroFatigue Scale (FFS). ⋯ These results support the reliability and validity of the data obtained with the Spanish version of the FSS.