Implementation of a sequential screening process for depression in humanitarian crises: a validation study of the Patient Health Questionnaire in Syrian refugees

• Main Authors: Danielle Poole, MPH (Author), Shirley Liao, MS (Author), Elysia Larson, SD (Author), Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, PhD (Author), Nathaniel Raymond, BA (Author), Till Börnighausen, SD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Despite the urgency of mental health surveillance and treatment in humanitarian emergencies, there has been little evaluation of instruments that keep response burden to a minimum. We aimed to evaluate a sequential screening process for the detection of major depressive disorder that imp...