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| Year : 1993 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 151-153 |
The Nonspecific Symptom Screening Method a Replication Study
TR Suresh1, M Suresh Kumar2, V.S.P Bashyam3, TN Srinivasan4
1 Postgraduate student, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Madras - 600 116, India
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Mental Health, Madras, India
3 Professor of Psychiatry & Director, Institute of Mental Health, Madras, India
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Madras, India
Correspondence Address:
T R Suresh
Postgraduate student, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Madras - 600 116
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 21743626 
Methods have been developed to screen non psychotic disorders in general health clinics based only on non-specific and somatic symptoms. One such method developed in India was applied in a heterogenous group of patients in a different clinical setting. The validity of nonspecific symptom screening method for non psychotic illness was replicated in this study. This method of screening is recommended for routine use in screening for minor psychiatric morbidity in medical and surgical clinics.
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