Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-24hb2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-28T04:10:47.305Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Error in Andrews et al (2001)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. Andrews
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
S. Henderson
Affiliation:
Australian National University Canberra, Australia
W. Hall
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Type
Columns
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

Dr Meadows and colleagues have drawn our attention to a wrong and misleading sentence in the Method section of Andrews et al (Reference Andrews, Henderson and Hall2001a). We conclude the sub-section on assessment (p. 146) by saying “Perceived health need was based on the UK Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity questions”. This sentence should read: “Perceived health need was based on work by Meadows et al (Reference Meadows, Fossey, Harvey, Andrews and Henderson2000a). Similar concepts were used by the UK Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity questions”.

We apologise for this omission and draw readers' attention to Meadowset al (Reference Meadows, Harvey and Fossey2000b) for a more complete discussion of the development of the Perceived Need for Care Questionnaire. This is a reference we have used in subsequent papers (e.g. Reference Andrews, Issakidis and CarterAndrews et al, 2001b).

Footnotes

EDITED BY MATTHEW HOTOPF

References

Andrews, G., Henderson, S. & Hall, W. (2001a) Prevalence, comorbidity, disability and service utilisation. Overview of the Australian National Mental Health Survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, 145153.10.1192/bjp.178.2.145Google Scholar
Andrews, G., Issakidis, C. & Carter, G. (2001b) Shortfall in mental health service utilisation. British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, 417425.10.1192/bjp.179.5.417Google Scholar
Meadows, G., Fossey, E., Harvey, C. A., et al (2000a) The assessment of perceived need. In Unmet Need in Psychiatry (eds Andrews, G. & Henderson, S.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Meadows, G., Harvey, C., Fossey, E., et al (2000b) Assessing perceived need for mental health care in a community survey: the development of the Perceived Need for Care Questionnaire (PNCQ). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35, 427435.10.1007/s001270050260Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.