Int J Methods Psychiatr Res
September 2020
Objectives: To present an overview of the survey and field procedures developed for the Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS).
Methods: The SNMHS is a face-to-face community epidemiological survey of DSM-IV mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of the household population in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (n = 4,004). The SNMHS was implemented as part of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative.