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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-08-01
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Series: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
Online Access: | http://www.hqlo.com/content/3/1/48 |