Is Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a Community Sample the Optimal Way to Assess Mental Health Functioning?

• Sharmila Vaz ,

  * E-mail: s.vaz@curtin.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Reinie Cordier,

  Affiliation School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Mark Boyes,

  Affiliation School of Psychology and Speech Pathology Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Richard Parsons,

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Pharmacy, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Annette Joosten,

  Affiliation School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Marina Ciccarelli,

  Affiliation School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Marita Falkmer,

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Education and Communication, CHILD programme, Institution of Disability Research Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

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• Torbjorn Falkmer

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (IMH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University & Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, UHL, County Council, Linköping, Sweden

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