Description: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is a screening device for identifying minor psychiatric disorders in the general population and within community or non-psychiatric clinical settings such as primary care or general medical out-patients. Suitable for all ages from adolescent upwards – not children, it assesses the respondent’s current state and asks if that differs from his or her usual state. It is therefore sensitive to short-term psychiatric disorders but not to long-standing attributes of the respondent. The self-administered questionnaire focuses on two major areas: The inability to carry out normal functions The appearance of new and distressing phenomena. It is available in the following versions: GHQ-60: the fully detailed 60-item questionnaire GHQ-30: a short form without items relating to physical illness GHQ-28: a 28 item scaled version – assesses somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression GHQ-12: a quick, reliable and sensitive short form – ideal for research studies.

Publisher: Granada Learning

Qualifications: Psychiatrists

Grade: age18up

Keywords: screens minor psychiatric disorder;