Validation of a brief screener for broad-spectrum mental and substance-use disorders in South Africa

Validation of a brief screener for broad-spectrum mental and substance-use disorders in South Africa

In low-resource settings, valid mental health screening tools for non-specialists can be used to identify patients with psychiatric disorders in need of critical mental health care. The Mental Wellness Tool-13 (mwTool-13) is a 13-item screener for identifying adults at risk for common mental disorde...

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Main Authors: Melissa Ann Stockton, Ernesha Webb Mazinyo, Lungelwa Mlanjeni, Kwanda Nogemane, Nondumiso Ngcelwane, Annika C. Sweetland, Cale Neil Basaraba, Charl Bezuidenhout, Griffin Sansbury, Kathryn L. Lovero, David Olivier, Christoffel Grobler, Melanie M. Wall, Andrew Medina-Marino, Phumza Nobatyi, Milton L. Wainberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
Subjects:
developing countries
assessment tools
psychometric evaluations
primary care
cross-cultural
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425123000894/type/journal_article

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