Measuring psychiatric disorder among Southeast Asian refugees.
Four measures of mental health--Panic, Depression, Somatization and Well-Being--have been developed for use in a population of Southeast Asian refugees. The scales, a product of work with 1348 refugees, demonstrate conceptual significance, good reliability, concurrent validity and stability of structure across samples. They are culturally sensitive, enabling intra-cultural study as well as screening for clinical purposes. The measures also permit comparisons, for research purposes, with non-Asians.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D001955:British Columbia; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000208:ethnology