2015
Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener: association of an ethnographically-developed instrument with depression, anxiety, and sociocultural risk factors in rural Haiti
Kaiser B, Kohrt B, Wagenaar B, Kramer M, McLean K, Hagaman A, Khoury N, Keys H. Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener: association of an ethnographically-developed instrument with depression, anxiety, and sociocultural risk factors in rural Haiti. International Journal Of Culture And Mental Health 2015, 8: 341-358. DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2015.1015580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental distressSociocultural risk factorsBeck Anxiety InventoryTraumatic exposureBeck Depression InventoryInterpersonal relationshipsPsychiatric instrumentsAnxiety InventoryValid measureLack of controlDistressLower scoresDepression InventoryExternal validityBAI scoresAnxietyBeliefsInventoryMixed methodsAlcohol consumptionBDIRuminationScoresOlder ageScreening tool
2014
Reflechi twòp—Thinking Too Much: Description of a Cultural Syndrome in Haiti’s Central Plateau
Kaiser BN, McLean KE, Kohrt BA, Hagaman AK, Wagenaar BH, Khoury NM, Keys HM. Reflechi twòp—Thinking Too Much: Description of a Cultural Syndrome in Haiti’s Central Plateau. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2014, 38: 448-472. PMID: 25038935, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-014-9380-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHaiti's Central PlateauMental illnessMental disordersEarly clinical recognitionCommon mental disordersSevere mental disordersTimes greater oddsBeck Depression InventoryModerate mental illnessBeck Anxiety InventoryIdioms of distressClinical recognitionGreater oddsDepression InventorySuicidal ideationSyndromePsychosocial sufferingEpidemiologic methodsIllnessAnxiety InventoryPsychosisGreater scoresDisordersDistressMild