Psychological distress



Psychological distress (or mental distress) is a non-specific term used to describe an overall negative emotional state.

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
An observer screening tool:


 * 1) Goodman, R. (1997) The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 581 -586.
 * 2) Goodman, R., Meltzer, H. & Bailey, V. (1998) The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7, 125 -130.
 * 3) Goodman, R., Ford, T., Simmons, H., et al (2000) Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample. British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, 534 -539.

The everyday feeling questionnaire

 * 1) Uher, R., & Goodman, R. (2010). The everyday feeling questionnaire: The structure and validation of a measure of psychological well-being and distress. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 45, 413-423. doi: 10.1007/s00127-009-0074-9