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Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20.

SRQ-20

What it measures
Common mental disorders / non-psychotic psychiatric morbidity (depression, anxiety, somatic distress); general psychological-distress screen.
Length and format
20 (SRQ-20; full SRQ has 25 items incl. psychotic/seizure items). yes/no (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Very widely translated for low- and middle-income settings; 30+ languages incl. ES, PT, FR, AR, SW, HI
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Beusenberg, M., & Orley, J. (1994). A User's Guide to the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ). World Health Organization, WHO/MNH/PSF/94.8.

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