Usefulness of five-item and three-item Mental Health Inventories to screen for depressive symptoms in the general population of Japan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The five-question Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) is a brief questionnaire that can be used to screen for depressive symptoms. Removing the 2 anxiety-related items from the MHI-5 yields the MHI-3. We assessed the performance of the J...

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Main Authors: Fukuhara Shunichi, Yamazaki Shin, Green Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-08-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.hqlo.com/content/3/1/48