title: Bengali adaptation of brief patient health questionnaire for screening depression at primary care.
abstract: Depression is a common mental disorder quite prevalent at the primary care level and needs proper identification and prompt treatment. Bengali adaptation and validation of such an instrument (BPHQ) is aimed to provide a sensitive screening instrument that can help primary care physicians in the identification of depression correctly and easily.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata 700025.
authors.forename: Arabinda N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: Sayanti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Debasish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanyal
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires