Lepper Leigh E Tenkku, Karamehic-Muratovic Ajlina, Salas Joanne, Pollard C Alec, Karahodzic Edina, Asher Jaron
School of Social Work and Master of Public Health Program, University of Missouri, 707 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Saint Louis University, 3720 Lindell Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2017 Jun;24(2):152-162. doi: 10.1007/s10880-017-9499-6.
This study assesses the utility of the primary care behavioral health screener (PCBHS), which the authors have adapted and translated for adult Bosnian refugees (PCBHS-B) living in the Midwest area of the United States, who utilized primary care services within a private physician clinic and a federally qualified health center. The study was conducted from March 2012-April 2013 and included 131 Bosnian respondents, 24% of whom were receiving behavioral health services. Similar to a non-Bosnian U.S. sample, one-third (34.4%) of the respondents experienced clinically significant symptoms. Results suggest that the PCBHS-B can be a useful and acceptable instrument for identifying behavioral health problems in Bosnian primary care patients.
