Kessler Psychological Distress Scale: Normative Data from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Abstract

These data may be helpful for clinicians and researchers alike in understanding the likelihood of mental disorder in a given individual or sample.

Effects of Affective and Anxiety Disorders on Outcome in Problem Gamblers Attending Routine Cognitive–Behavioural Treatment in South Australia

“…For example, it has been found that gender is associated with psychological distress (Slade, et al, 2011) and that gender has an effect on gambling treatment outcomes (Crisp et al, 2000;Petry et al, 2006). By accounting for these effects, more consistent estimates may be obtained across future studies involving gambling disorders.…”

“…For each K10 stratum, the likelihood of Composite International Diagnostic Interview-defined ICD-10 diagnosis of an affective disorder or anxiety disorder in the previous 12 months was calculated for the study sample. A Bayesian approach was used as recommended by Slade et al (Slade, et al, 2011) where prior probabilities for comorbid anxiety and affective disorders were 37.4% and 37.9% respectively (Lorains, et al, 2011). Post-test odds for each condition were then calculated from the product of pre-test odds (prior probability of condition / (1 -prior probability of condition)) and stratum specific likelihood ratios based on Australian normative data (Slade, et al, 2011).…”

“…This questionnaire was developed to produce a global measure of "psychological distress", based on questions about the level of anxiety and depression symptoms that the client has been experiencing, ranging from few or minimal symptoms to extreme levels of distress (Andrews & Slade, 2001;Slade, Grove, & Burgess, 2011). The K10 is framed for individuals to respond in terms of how they have been feeling in the past 4 weeks.…”

“…Using Australian normative data on the K10 (Slade, et al, 2011), the probability of a study individual who scored very high on K10 (n = 175) of having a 12-month affective disorder was 91.5% and for an anxiety disorder 87.8%. For remaining strata, probabilities of affective and anxiety disorders were 77.4% and 73.9% in the high range (n = 103); 47.9% and 51.5% in the moderate range (n = 64); and 15.3 % and 23.1% in the low range (n = 38), respectively.…”

Psychological Distress: Contributes for the Portuguese Adaption of the Sq-48

“…Este envolve sintomas do foro depressivo e ansioso, tais como baixa autoestima, sentimentos de desesperança, ansiedade, agitação e tristeza, experienciados pelo individuo física e psicologicamente. Entre outros, o DP tem sido sugerido como um relevante indicador de fatores como a presença e/ou desenvolvimento futuro de psicopatologia, da qualidade de vida, do planeamento apropriado do tipo e forma de tratamento e, até, da evolução associada ao mesmo (Pai, Drotar, Zebracki, Moore, & Youngstrom, 2006;Ritsner, Modai, & Ponizovsky, 2002;Simard, Hudon, & Reekum, 2009;Slade, Grove, & Burgess, 2011;Van den Broeck, D'Hooghe, Enzlin, & Demyttenaere, 2010).…”