Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , 30 March 2010

The validity of the Dutch K10 and extended K10 screening scales for depressive and anxiety disorders

  • Tara Donker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, EMGO Institute, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VU University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 5988 265; fax: +31 20 5988 758.
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  • Hannie Comijs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, EMGO-Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Pim Cuijpers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, EMGO Institute, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Berend Terluin

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, EMGO-Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Willem Nolen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Frans Zitman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Brenda Penninx

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, EMGO-Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Received 5 June 2008 ,Revised 19 November 2008 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.012

Psychiatry Research
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