Mini Neuropsychiatric Interview

Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are at an increased risk of suicide. Increased suicidal risk is a predictor of future attempted and completed suicides and has been associated with poor quality of life and poor adherence with antiretroviral therapy. Clinical risk factors have low predictive value for suicide, hence the interest in potential neurobiological correlates and specific heritable markers of suicide vulnerability.

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Recent Life Changes Questionnaire (RLCQ) developed by Richard Rahe has enabled quantification of stress by analyzing life events. The overall aim of the study was to create a reliable version of the Rahe’s RLCQ for measuring stress in individuals living in developing countries and assess its validity. This paper discusses criterion validation of the adapted RLCQ in urban communities in Pakistan.

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Admittedly, not all percentages refer to the same level of problem, i.e., in some studies a broader concept of psychological distress was used (as measured by screening instruments, such as the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) or Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ), validated for local use), whereas in others a nosological diagnosis was used (obtained by instruments such as the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)).

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