Author:
Corser Charles M.,Philip Alistair E.
Abstract
The General Health Questionnaire has had some popularity as an index of minor psychiatric morbidity and was used in the present study to ascertain the emotional state of newcomers to a practice in a new town. High scorers on the GHQ had more episodes of illness, had more severe ratings of psychological problems, and were more likely to receive a formal psychiatric diagnosis than were low scorers. A second survey one year later confirmed the variability of response to the GHQ, inherent in a ‘present state’ inventory. Doubts are expressed as to the psychiatric nature of the emotional upset measured by the GHQ.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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