Brief Screening Tool for Stepped-Care Management of Mental and Substance Use Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Stepped mental health care requires a rapid method for nonspecialists to detect illness. This study aimed to develop and validate a brief instrument, the Mental Wellness Tool (mwTool), for identification and classification.

Methods

Cross-sectional development and validation samples included adults at six health facilities in Mozambique. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview diagnoses were the criterion standard. Candidate items were from nine mental disorder and functioning assessments. Regression modeling and expert consultation determined best items for identifying any mental disorder and classifying positives into disorder categories (severe mental disorder, common mental disorder, substance use disorder, and suicide risk). For validation, sensitivity an

SUBMITTER: Lovero KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8328865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature