The performance of the K6 and K10 screening scales for psychological distress in the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being
- T. Furukawa, R. Kessler, T. Slade, G. Andrews
- Psychology, MedicinePsychological Medicine
- 1 February 2003
The K6 is preferred in screening for any DSM-IV mood or anxiety disorder because of its brevity and consistency across subsamples, and Precision of individual-level prediction is greatly improved by using polychotomous rather than dichotomous classification.
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 12 new-generation antidepressants: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis
- A. Cipriani, T. Furukawa, C. Barbui
- Psychology, MedicineThe Lancet
- 28 February 2009
Relapse prevention with antidepressant drug treatment in depressive disorders: a systematic review
- J. Geddes, S. Carney, G. Goodwin
- Psychology, MedicineThe Lancet
- 22 February 2003
Cross-cultural validation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in Japan
- M. Kojima, T. Furukawa, Hidekatsu Takahashi, M. Kawai, T. Nagaya, S. Tokudome
- PsychologyPsychiatry Research
- 31 July 2002
Twelve‐month prevalence, severity, and treatment of common mental disorders in communities in Japan: preliminary finding from the World Mental Health Japan Survey 2002–2003
- N. Kawakami, T. Takeshima, T. Kikkawa
- Psychology, MedicinePsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- 1 August 2005
The study confirmed that the prevalence of DSM‐IV mental disorders was equal to that observed in Asian countries but higher than that in Western countries and low even for those who suffered severe or moderate disorders.
Multicentre prospective study of perinatal depression in Japan: incidence and correlates of antenatal and postnatal depression
- T. Kitamura, K. Yoshida, H. Nakano
- Medicine, PsychologyArchives of Women's Mental Health
- 20 March 2006
Japanese women expecting the first baby were characterised by young age and negative attitude towards the current pregnancy, whereas women with postnatal depression were characterisation by poor accommodation, dissatisfaction with sex of the newborn baby and with the emotional undermining.
Screening for depression in terminally ill cancer patients in Japan.
- T. Akechi, T. Okuyama, Y. Sugawara, Y. Shima, T. Furukawa, Y. Uchitomi
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of Pain and Symptom Management
- 2006
Sojourner readjustment: mental health of international students after one year's foreign sojourn and its psychosocial correlates.
- T. Furukawa
- PsychologyJournal of Nervous and Mental Disease
- 1 April 1997
A longitudinal study of the readjustment of 199 Japanese adolescents who have been enrolled in 1-year placement with a host family in various countries of the world found neuroticism, emotion-oriented coping, and concurrently measured social support were found to significantly predict mental health during readjustation.
Which is more generalizable, powerful and interpretable in meta-analyses, mean difference or standardized mean difference?
- N. Takeshima, T. Sozu, A. Tajika, Y. Ogawa, Y. Hayasaka, T. Furukawa
- Medicine, PsychologyBMC Medical Research Methodology
- 21 February 2014
The SMD was more generalizable than the MD and the MD had a greater statistical power than the SMD but did not result in material differences.
Time to recurrence after recovery from major depressive episodes and its predictors
- T. Kanai, H. Takeuchi, K. Takahashi
- Medicine, PsychologyPsychological Medicine
- 26 June 2003
The sobering fact remains that less than half of the patients can expect to remain virtually symptom-free for 2 years or more after recovery from the depressive episode, and Residual symptoms at time of recovery predicted earlier recurrence.
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