General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) Few but definitions not freely available SCDO Request inclusion into NCIT below "Research or Clinical Assessment Tool". Add the different versions of this questionnaire, as listed in the description here. The GHQ is a screening device for identifying minor psychiatric disorders in the general population and within community or non-psychiatric clinical settings such as primary care or general medical outpatients. Suitable for all ages from adolescent upwards (not children), it assesses the respondent's current state and asks if that differs from his or her usual state. It is therefore sensitive to short-term psychiatric disorders but not to long-standing attributes of the respondent. The self-administered questionnaire focuses on two major areas: inability to carry out normal functions; appearance of new and distressing phenomena. It is available in the following versions: GHQ-60 -- the fully detailed 60-item questionnaire; GHQ-30 -- a short form without items relating to physical illness; GHQ-28 -- a 28 item scaled version -- assesses somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression; GHQ-12 -- quick, reliable and sensitive short form, ideal for research studies. GHQ Goldberg, David; Hillier, Valerie (1979). "A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire". Psychological Medicine. Cambridge University Press. 9 (01): 139–145. Quality of Life Measure